Reconciling Precariously Balanced Rocks (PBRs) with Large Earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault System

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Research Article| August 05, 2015 Reconciling Precariously Balanced Rocks (PBRs) with Large Earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault System Lisa Grant Ludwig; Lisa Grant Ludwig aProgram in Public Health, University of California Irvine, 2085 AIRB, 653 East Peltason Drive, Irvine, California 92697‐3957 U.S.A.lgrant@uci.edu Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar James N. Brune; James N. Brune bSeismological Laboratory, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 U.S.A. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Abdolrasool Anooshehpoor; Abdolrasool Anooshehpoor cU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, MS C5A24M, Washington, D.C. 20555‐0001 U.S.A. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Matthew D. Purvance; Matthew D. Purvance dItasca Consulting Group, 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 450, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 U.S.A. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Richard J. Brune; Richard J. Brune e3107 Murray Lane, Costa Mesa, California 92626‐2735 U.S.A. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Julian C. Lozos Julian C. Lozos fDepartment of Geophysics, Stanford University, 397 Panama Mall, Stanford, California 94305 U.S.A. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Lisa Grant Ludwig aProgram in Public Health, University of California Irvine, 2085 AIRB, 653 East Peltason Drive, Irvine, California 92697‐3957 U.S.A.lgrant@uci.edu James N. Brune bSeismological Laboratory, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557 U.S.A. Abdolrasool Anooshehpoor cU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, MS C5A24M, Washington, D.C. 20555‐0001 U.S.A. Matthew D. Purvance dItasca Consulting Group, 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 450, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401 U.S.A. Richard J. Brune e3107 Murray Lane, Costa Mesa, California 92626‐2735 U.S.A. Julian C. Lozos fDepartment of Geophysics, Stanford University, 397 Panama Mall, Stanford, California 94305 U.S.A. Publisher: Seismological Society of America First Online: 14 Jul 2017 Online ISSN: 1938-2057 Print ISSN: 0895-0695 © 2015 by the Seismological Society of America Seismological Research Letters (2015) 86 (5): 1345–1353. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220140239 Article history First Online: 14 Jul 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Lisa Grant Ludwig, James N. Brune, Abdolrasool Anooshehpoor, Matthew D. Purvance, Richard J. Brune, Julian C. Lozos; Reconciling Precariously Balanced Rocks (PBRs) with Large Earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault System. Seismological Research Letters 2015;; 86 (5): 1345–1353. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/0220140239 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySeismological Research Letters Search Advanced Search A major goal of seismology is to predict earthquake shaking (Frankel, 1999). Earthquakes are generated by rupture of faults, but it is difficult to predict the endpoints of fault rupture (Wesnousky, 2006) and the ground motions that will likely be produced. Precariously balanced rocks (PBRs) are a class of fragile landforms that are susceptible to toppling by earthquakes (Brune, 1996). PBRs have been reported to exist in many areas, including seismically active regions of the United States and New Zealand (Stirling and Anooshehpoor, 2006; Anderson et al., 2011). The population... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.