DETECTION OF CREEP ALONG THE PHILIPPINE FAULT - 1ST RESULTS OF GEODETIC MEASUREMENTS ON LEYTE-ISLAND, CENTRAL PHILIPPINE

Authors
DUQUESNOY T BARRIER E KASSER M AURELIO M GAULON R PUNONGBAYAN RS RANGIN C BAUTISTA BC DELACRUZ E ISADA M MARC S PUERTOLLANO J RAMOS A PREVOT M DUPIO A ETO I SAJONA FG RIGOR D DELFIN FG LAYUGAN D
Citation
T. Duquesnoy et al., DETECTION OF CREEP ALONG THE PHILIPPINE FAULT - 1ST RESULTS OF GEODETIC MEASUREMENTS ON LEYTE-ISLAND, CENTRAL PHILIPPINE, Geophysical research letters, 21(11), 1994, pp. 975-978
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Geophysical research letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00948276
Volume
21
Issue
11
Year of publication
1994
Pages
975 - 978
Database
ISI
SICI code
0094-8276(1994)21:11<975:DOCATP>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Geodetic trilateration/GPS measurements were acquired from experiments conducted in 1991 and 1993 in the central part of the Philippine Faul t on Leyte island. Displacement vectors deduced from two least squares adjustments indicate a mean slip rate of 26 +/- 10 mm/yr at an azimut h of about N 130-degrees-E. These values are consistent with the tecto nic and kinematic data. Our results indicate that the displacements ar e: (1) almost parallel to the Philippine Fault, and (2) related to cre ep along the fault, because no moderate seismic events occurred betwee n the two observation epochs.