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This is a collaborative project involving John Platt and  Thorsten Becker, with the aim of investigating the tectonics of the San Andreas Transform system, primarily through the use of the geodetically-defined velocity field in California.  It has three main themes.
 
1.  Geodetic and seismotectonic constraints on the active tectonics of California
This work was funded by the Southern California Earthquake Center, USGS, and NSF, and has been published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
 
2.  Analysis of the slip-rate distribution on SAF-related faults in California
This work was funded by the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, and has been published in G-cubed.
 
3.  Bookshelf slip on rotating panels of sinistral faults within the San Andreas Transform system
This project is funded by the Southern California Earthquake Center, and is currently under way