Plate Boundary Zones

Seth Stein is the William Deering Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences in Northwestern University at Illinois. He has published 6 books in Geophysical Monograph Series and Geodynamics Series. He has over 100 research articles including the Geophysical Research Letters. His research focuses on plate tectonics, seismology, and space geodesy with special emphasis on investigating plate boundary processes and deformation within the lithosphere using a range of techniques including space-based geodesy, seismology, and marine geophysics.

• PrefaceSeth Stein and Jeffrey T. Freymueller  viiIntroductionPlate Boundary Zones: Concept and ApproachesSeth Stein and Giovanni F. Sella  1Kinematics of Plate Boundary ZonesSpace Geodetic Measurements of Plate Boundary Deformation in the Western U.S. CordilleraRichard A. Bennett, James L. Davis, James E. Normandeau, and Brian P. Wernicke  27Geophysical Interpretation of Geodetic Deformations in the Central Mediterranean AreaR. Devoti, C. Ferraro, R. Lanotte, V. Luceri, A. Nardi, R. Pacione, P. Rutigliano, C. Sciarretta,E. Gueguen, G Bianco, and F. Vespe  57Tectonic Processesin the Eurasian-African Plate Boundary Zone Revealed by Space GeodesyGyula Grenerczy  67Evidence for Block Rotations and Basal Shear in the World's Fastest Slipping Continental Shear Zonein NW New GuineaColleen W. StevensR, obertM cCaffrey, YehudaB ock,J oachimF . Genrich, Manuel Pubellier, and Cecep Subarya  87Crustal Block Rotations and Plate CouplingRobert McCaffrey  101Comparison of GPS, Seismologicala, nd GeologicalO bservationso f Andean Mountain BuildingEryn R. Klosko, Seth Stein, David Hindle, Jonas Kley, Edmundo Norabuena, Timothy Dixon, and Mian Liu  123DisplacementsS, trains and Rotationsi n the Central Andean Plate Boundary ZoneD. Hindle and J. Kley  135The Dead Sea Basin, Its Structural Setting and Evaporite TectonicsAbdallah S. A1-Zoubi  145Earthquakes in Plate Boundary ZonesThe Global Moment Rate Distribution Within Plate Boundary ZonesCornd Kreemer, William E. Holt, and A. John Haines  173Correlation of B-Value With Spreading Rate for Strike-Slip Earthquakes of theMid-Oceanic Ridge SystemAmy R. Langenhorst and Emile A. OkalPlate Tectonics and Earthquake Potential of Sp  191reading Ridges and Oceanic Transform FaultsPeter Bird, Yah Y. Kagan, and David D. Jackson 203Complexities of Transform Fault Plate Boundaries in the OceansJeffrey J. McGuire, Thomas H. Jordan, and Jian Lin 219The January 26, 2001, Bhuj Earthquake and the Diffuse Western Boundary of the Indian PlateSeth Stein, Giovanni Sella, and Emile A. Okal 243The 01/26/2001, Bhuj, India, Earthquake: Intraplate or Interplate?Qingsong Li, Mian Liu, and Youqing Yang 255Dynamics of Plate Boundary ZonesOn the Evolution of Motion Across Diffuse Plate BoundariesStephen Zatman and Mark A. Richards 265A Review of Using the fc f1 Diagram to Evaluate Continental DeformationDavid Coblentz and Kurt Stiiwe 283A Dangling Slab, Amplified Arc Volcanism, Mantle Flow and Seismic Anisotropyin the Kamchatka Plate CornerJeffrey Park, Vadim Levin, Mark Brandon, Jonathan Lees, Valerie Peyton, Evgenii Gordeev, and Alexei Ozerov 295Crustal Shortening and Extension in the Central Andes: Insights From a Viscoelastic ModelMian Liu, Youqing Yang, Seth Stein, and Eryn Klosko 325Variations in Inelastic Failure of Subducting Continental Lithosphere and Tectonic Development:Australia-Banda Arc ConvergenceKush Tandon, Juan M. Lorenzo, Sri Widiyantoro, and Geoffrey W. O'Brien 341The Closed Upper-Mantle Circulation of Plate TectonicsWarren B. Hamilton 359Plate Tectonics as a Far-From-Equilibrium Self-Organized SystemDon L. Anderson  411