CONCLUSIONS [c5, p148]

The spatial-temporal pattern of earthquake occurrence within the seismogenic crust along the San Andreas fault system is the brittle manifestation of distributed deformatIon of the lithosphere between the Pacific and North American plates along the San Andreas transform boundary. As we develop a more complete model of the long-term behavior of the seismogenic crust, including relations between great, plate-boundary earthquakes that periodically rupture the principal strand of the San Andreas fault system and the persistent background of small to moderate earthquakes on adjacent structures, our image of the deeper deformation will improve. Together will come a more complete understanding of the processes controlling deformation along the transform boundary and of the earthquake cycle.