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Dynamic lithospheric response to megathrust and precursory seismicity features of megathrust

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 2014
Abstract Temporal variations of seismic properties in inner trench regions before and after three megathrusts with magnitudes greater than or equal to 8.8 since 2004 are investigated to understand the nature of megathrust earthquakes. The seismicity was increased significantly, and the fault-type compositions changed after megathrusts. The seismicity
Junhyung Lee, Tae-Kyung Hong
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Weakening basaltic megathrusts

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 2021
An article in JGR Solid Earth identified that basalt-hosted megathrusts are not necessarily the nucleation source of large megathrust earthquakes.
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Geometric controls on megathrust earthquakes

Geophysical Journal International, 2020
SUMMARY The role of subduction zone geometry in the nucleation and propagation of great-sized earthquake ruptures is an important topic for earthquake hazard, since knowing how big an earthquake can be on a given fault is fundamentally important. Past studies have shown subducting bathymetric features (e.g.
Steven M Plescia, Gavin P Hayes
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Investigating a tsunamigenic megathrust earthquake in the Japan Trench

Science, 2021
The legacy of Tohoku-oki Ten years ago, the magnitude 9 Tohoku-oki earthquake rocked Japan and caused massive damage. The earthquake also generated a destructive tsunami, the impacts of which are still being managed today. Kodaira et al.
Shuichi Kodaira, Takeshi Iinuma, Kentaro Imai   +2 more
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Silent Heralds of Megathrust Earthquakes?

Science, 2004
D uring an earthquake, rupture propagates along the fault plane within a few tens of seconds. Much slower rupture, lasting for weeks or months, has recently been observed in slip transients or slow earthquakes ([1][1], [2][2]).
Alfred Hirn, Mireille Laigle
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An ancient shallow slip event on the Mentawai segment of the Sunda megathrust, Sumatra

Journal of Geophysical Research, 2012
The outer-arc islands of western Sumatra rise during great megathrust earthquakes, due to large slip on the underlying megathrust. In contrast, the islands subsided up to a few centimeters during the recent tsunamigenic earthquake of October 2010, due to
Belle Philibosian, Kerry Sieh, Danny H Natawidjaja   +2 more
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Alaska Megathrust 2: Imaging the megathrust zone and Yakutat/Pacific plate interface in the Alaska subduction zone [PDF]

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2014
AbstractWe image the slab underneath a 450 km long transect of the Alaska subduction zone to investigate (1) the geometry and velocity structure of the downgoing plate and their relationship to slab seismicity and (2) the interplate coupled zone where the great 1964 earthquake (Mw 9.2) exhibited the largest amount of rupture.
Younghee Kim, Geoffrey A Abers, Stéphane Rondenay   +2 more
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Subslab heterogeneity and giant megathrust earthquakes

Nature Geoscience, 2021
The nucleation and rupture processes of giant megathrust earthquakes (M ≥ 9.0) in subduction zones are still controversial. Most previous studies have focused on the subducting plate interface, and the structure beneath the subducting slab and its influence on earthquake generation remain unclear.
Jianke Fan, Dapeng Zhao
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Do coupled megathrusts rupture? A Global Comparison of Megathrust Coupling and Earthquake Slip

To assess seismic hazard along subduction zones, which host Earth’s largest earthquakes, geodesists routinely measure interseismic surface deformation rates and invert them to estimate distributions of slip deficit along the plate interface. The resulting geodetic coupling models highlight portions of the megathrust that are “locked” and accumulating ...
Bar Oryan, Alice Gabriel
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The role of strain heating in the evolution of megathrusts

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 1986
On the basis of elementary energy considerations and the nonlinear temperature dependence of experimental flow laws, a model is developed for the interplay of thermal and mechanical processes along megathrust systems. The model is based on the observation that thrust systems involving large portions of the lithosphere have a two‐part history.
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