title: Slip in the 1857 and earlier large earthquakes along the Carrizo Plain, San Andreas Fault.
abstract: The moment magnitude (Mw) 7.9 Fort Tejon earthquake of 1857, with a approximately 350-kilometer-long surface rupture, was the most recent major earthquake along the south-central San Andreas Fault, California. Based on previous measurements of its surface slip distribution, rupture along the approximately 60-kilometer-long Carrizo segment was thought to control the recurrence of 1857-like earthquakes. New high-resolution topographic data show that the average slip along the Carrizo segment during the 1857 event was 5.3 +/- 1.4 meters, eliminating the core assumption for a linkage between Carrizo segment rupture and recurrence of major earthquakes along the south-central San Andreas Fault. Earthquake slip along the Carrizo segment may recur in earthquake clusters with cumulative slip of approximately 5 meters.
authors.affiliation: School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA. olaf.zielke@asu.edu
authors.forename: Olaf
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Zielke
authors.forename: J Ramón
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Arrowsmith
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Grant Ludwig
authors.forename: Sinan O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Akçiz