Geodetic monitoring of the Yucca Mountain region using continuous GPS measurements

Authors

Geoff Blewitt, University of Nevada, RenoFollow
Jonathan Price, University of Nevada, RenoFollow
Nevada Geodetic Laboratory
Nevada Bureau of Mines & Geology

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

1-18-2007

Abstract

What Task 3 is About: Monitor current crustal deformation at YM
– In the broader tectonic context of the NA-Pacific plate boundary
– In the regional context of the East California Shear Zone (ECSZ)
– In the geological context of specific fault activity
– Vertical motion associated with geophysical fluids

Using geodetic methods
– GPS – mature, proven
track the 3-D point-positions of 47 stations with < 1 mm precision
– InSAR – new, experimental
regional map of displacement along the line-of-sight (accuracy??)
proven capability: (1) co-seismic deformation; (2) local instabilities

Keywords

Faults (Geology); Geodesy—Observations; Nevada – Yucca Mountain; Shear zones (Geology)

Disciplines

Earth Sciences | Geophysics and Seismology | Tectonics and Structure

Language

English

Comments

Task ORD-FY04-003
Consists of 42 PowerPoint slides.

Repository Citation

Blewitt, G., Price, J., Nevada Geodetic Laboratory, Nevada Bureau of Mines & Geology (2007). Geodetic monitoring of the Yucca Mountain region using continuous GPS measurements.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/yucca_mtn_pubs/5