Earthquakes of the Nepal Himalaya : Towards a Physical Model of the Seismic Cycle [PDF]
, 2013 Home to hundreds of millions of souls and land of excessiveness, the Himalaya is also the locus of a unique seismicity whose scope and peculiarities still remain to this day somewhat mysterious.
Ader, Thomas Joachim
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Frictional Mechanics of Slow Earthquakes [PDF]
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2018 AbstractTectonic faults slip in a wide range of modes that span from slow slip events to dynamic rupture. A growing body of observations document this spectrum of failure modes in many geologic settings. However, the physical mechanisms that dictate slow slip are not understood.
J. R. Leeman, C. Marone, D. M. Saffer
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Slow deformation event between large intraslab earthquakes at the Tonga Trench
Scientific Reports, 2021 Slow deformations associated with a subducting slab can affect quasi-static displacements and seismicity over a wide range of depths. Here, we analyse the seismotectonic activities in the Tonga subduction zone, which is the world’s most active area with ...
Yuta Mitsui +2 more
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Bridging the gap between low-frequency and very-low-frequency earthquakes
Earth, Planets and Space, 2020 Slow earthquakes that are observed in the > 1 Hz frequency band are called tectonic tremor or low-frequency earthquakes (LFEs) and those in the 0.01–0.10 Hz band are called very-low-frequency earthquakes (VLFEs).
Koki Masuda +3 more
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The slow self-arresting nature of low-frequency earthquakes
Nature Communications, 2021 Low-frequency earthquakes are a series of small earthquakes with lower dominant frequencies than ordinary earthquakes. By comparing the simulated earthquakes with the real data, we find that low-frequency earthquakes represent an earthquake rupture ...
Xueting Wei +3 more
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Temporal gravity anomalies observed in the Tokai area and a possible relationship with slow slips
Earth, Planets and Space, 2018 The water in Earth’s mantle is closely related with plate subduction and volcanism. Recent studies revealed that the mantle wedge corner at approximately 30 km depth holds high-pressure water, where many slow earthquakes occur. To quantify how such water
Yoshiyuki Tanaka +10 more
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Data from: Contained Laboratory Earthquakes Ranging From Slow To Fast
, 2019 Loading a 3-meter granite slab containing a saw-cut simulated fault, we generated slip events that spontaneously nucleate, propagate, and arrest before reaching the ends of the sample. This work shows that slow (0.07 mm/s slip speeds) and fast (100 mm/s)
McLaskey, Gregory C. +3 more
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Defining the Relationship between Seismicity and Deformation at Regional and Local Scales [PDF]
, 2013 In this thesis, I use source inversion methods to improve understanding of crustal deformation along the Nyainquentanglha (NQTL) Detachment in Southern Tibet and the Piceance Basin in northwestern Colorado.
Williams, Nneka Njeri Akosua
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Effects of episodic slow slip on seismicity and stress near a subduction-zone megathrust
Nature Communications, 2021 Large slow slip earthquakes and tremor occur in subduction zones near the locked megathrust. Combined analysis of changes in slab seismicity and stress field near the times of such slow slip events highlights the role of fluid in promoting slow slip.
Saeko Kita +6 more
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The influence of the brittle-ductile transition zone on aftershock and foreshock occurrence
Nature Communications, 2020 Earth surface continues to slip after large earthquakes at a slow velocity for a period of a year or more. In this study, the authors show how such slow slip before and after large earthquakes relates to the interaction of the brittle zone of the fault ...
Giuseppe Petrillo +3 more
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