North Hispaniola Fault

The North Hispaniola Fault, North Hispaniola Thrust or North Hispaniola Deformed Belt is a major thrust zone developed to the north of the island of Hispaniola. It has formed as a result of transpression along the southern margin of the North American Plate. The strike-slip part of the overall movement is taken up by the Septentrional-Oriente fault zone, while the North Hispaniola Fault takes up the shortening perpendicular to the boundary. GPS data suggest that the North Hispaniola Fault is associated with about 5 mm per year of convergence.^[1]

References

↑ Calais E.; Mazabraud Y.; de Lépinay B.M.; Mann P.; Mattioli G.; Jansma P. (2002). "Strain partitioning and fault slip rates in the northeastern Caribbean from GPS measurements" (PDF). Geophysical Research Letters. 29 (18). doi:10.1029/2002GL015397.

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[1] Calais E.; Mazabraud Y.; de Lépinay B.M.; Mann P.; Mattioli G.; Jansma P. (2002). "Strain partitioning and fault slip rates in the northeastern Caribbean from GPS measurements" (PDF). Geophysical Research Letters. 29 (18). doi:10.1029/2002GL015397.