The authors present a numerical modeling study that examines the deformational response of western North America to Baja California and/or Sierra Nevada microplate motion. In particular we study if, and under what condition of microplate motion, shear strain ...

The authors hypothesis postulates that the Baja California microplate is transported along the North America-Pacic plate boundary by partial coupling to the Pacic plate and low coupling to the North America plate. To test this idea, they use numerical ...

In this paper is examined the sensitivity of fault slip rate estimates to assumed rheology for the Agua Blanca and San Miguel-Vallecitos faults in northern Baja California, Mexico, part of the Pacific-North America plate boundary zone.