Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geodynamics Series, Volume 30. An important change in ideas about plate tectonics has been the recognition that the boundaries between plates are often broad zones of deformation, rather than the narrow boundaries originally assumed in plate tectonic theory. Hence, although it used to be common to straddle the San Andreas fault and view one leg as being on the Pacific plate and the other in North America, it is now recognized that such a straddle would require a 1500-km leg span across the plate boundary zone extending across much of western North America.

Table of Contents:
Preface Seth Stein and Jeffrey T. Freymueller  vii Introduction Plate Boundary Zones: Concept and Approaches Seth Stein and Giovanni F. Sella  1 Kinematics of Plate Boundary Zones Space Geodetic Measurements of Plate Boundary Deformation in the Western U.S. Cordillera Richard A. Bennett, James L. Davis, James E. Normandeau, and Brian P. Wernicke  27 Geophysical Interpretation of Geodetic Deformations in the Central Mediterranean Area R. Devoti, C. Ferraro, R. Lanotte, V. Luceri, A. Nardi, R. Pacione, P. Rutigliano, C. Sciarretta, E. Gueguen, G Bianco, and F. Vespe  57 Tectonic Processesin the Eurasian-African Plate Boundary Zone Revealed by Space Geodesy Gyula Grenerczy  67 Evidence for Block Rotations and Basal Shear in the World's Fastest Slipping Continental Shear Zone in NW New Guinea Colleen W. StevensR, obertM cCaffrey, YehudaB ock,J oachimF . Genrich, Manuel Pubellier, and Cecep Subarya  87 Crustal Block Rotations and Plate Coupling Robert McCaffrey  101 Comparison of GPS, Seismologicala, nd GeologicalO bservationso f Andean Mountain Building Eryn R. Klosko, Seth Stein, David Hindle, Jonas Kley, Edmundo Norabuena, Timothy Dixon, and Mian Liu  123 DisplacementsS, trains and Rotationsi n the Central Andean Plate Boundary Zone D. Hindle and J. Kley  135 The Dead Sea Basin, Its Structural Setting and Evaporite Tectonics Abdallah S. A1-Zoubi  145 Earthquakes in Plate Boundary Zones The Global Moment Rate Distribution Within Plate Boundary Zones Cornd Kreemer, William E. Holt, and A. John Haines  173 Correlation of B-Value With Spreading Rate for Strike-Slip Earthquakes of the Mid-Oceanic Ridge System Amy R. Langenhorst and Emile A. Okal Plate Tectonics and Earthquake Potential of Sp  191reading Ridges and Oceanic Transform Faults Peter Bird, Yah Y. Kagan, and David D. Jackson 203 Complexities of Transform Fault Plate Boundaries in the Oceans Jeffrey J. McGuire, Thomas H. Jordan, and Jian Lin 219 The January 26, 2001, Bhuj Earthquake and the Diffuse Western Boundary of the Indian Plate Seth Stein, Giovanni Sella, and Emile A. Okal 243 The 01/26/2001, Bhuj, India, Earthquake: Intraplate or Interplate? Qingsong Li, Mian Liu, and Youqing Yang 255 Dynamics of Plate Boundary Zones On the Evolution of Motion Across Diffuse Plate Boundaries Stephen Zatman and Mark A. Richards 265 A Review of Using the fc f1 Diagram to Evaluate Continental Deformation David Coblentz and Kurt Stiiwe 283 A Dangling Slab, Amplified Arc Volcanism, Mantle Flow and Seismic Anisotropy in the Kamchatka Plate Corner Jeffrey Park, Vadim Levin, Mark Brandon, Jonathan Lees, Valerie Peyton, Evgenii Gordeev, and Alexei Ozerov 295 Crustal Shortening and Extension in the Central Andes: Insights From a Viscoelastic Model Mian Liu, Youqing Yang, Seth Stein, and Eryn Klosko 325 Variations in Inelastic Failure of Subducting Continental Lithosphere and Tectonic Development: Australia-Banda Arc Convergence Kush Tandon, Juan M. Lorenzo, Sri Widiyantoro, and Geoffrey W. O'Brien 341 The Closed Upper-Mantle Circulation of Plate Tectonics Warren B. Hamilton 359 Plate Tectonics as a Far-From-Equilibrium Self-Organized System Don L. Anderson  411