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  "abstract": "The transpressive plate boundary between the Caribbean and North American plates in Hispaniola is a complex system of strike-slip faults, subduction zones, fold-and-thrust belts, and normal faulting. Tectonic deformation studies in this region have traditionally relied on sparse Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) networks. Here we present a new assessment of deformation in Hispaniola using a dense 3D velocity field generated by integrating existing GNSS observations with new Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) velocities. Our InSAR processing approach utilizes phase linking, statistically-based multi-looking, and wrapped phase time-series estimation to mitigate noise, and a spatial covariance model of the troposphere to reduce its effect on the time-series estimation. We use the resulting high-resolution velocity field to calculate strain rates and model crustal faulting in Hispaniola. Strain rate tensors show a transpressional tectonic regime consistent with expectations from the regional tectonics. Modeling results indicate that the Septentrional-Oriente Fault zone is nearly fully locked with moment accumulation consistent with a Mw 7.9 earthquake every 300 years, while the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden Fault is almost fully creeping at the western end of the fault and has a much lower moment accumulation rate.",
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  "authors": [
    {
      "name": "Yi-Chieh Lee"
    },
    {
      "name": "Rishabh Dutta"
    },
    {
      "name": "Jeremy Maurer"
    }
  ],
  "bibtex": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/bs41v81acxjsh.bib",
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  "doi": "10.1038/s41598-026-73301-4",
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  "id": "bs41v81acxjsh",
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    "2045-2322"
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  "landing_url": "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-73301-4",
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  "licence": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "licence_label": "CC BY 4.0",
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  "pdf_url": "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-73301-4_reference.pdf",
  "pmcid": null,
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  "published": "2026-10-07",
  "publisher": "Springer Science and Business Media LLC",
  "ris": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/bs41v81acxjsh.ris",
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  "title": "Assessing earthquake potential and fault activity from a newly estimated high-resolution geodetic velocity field in Hispaniola",
  "title_text": "Assessing earthquake potential and fault activity from a newly estimated high-resolution geodetic velocity field in Hispaniola",
  "type": "peer-reviewed",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-30T12:17:24Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/bs41v81acxjsh",
  "venue": "Scientific Reports",
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