Upper-plate rigidity determines depth-varying rupture behaviour of megathrust earthquakes

V Sallarès, CR Ranero - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Seismological data provide evidence of a depth-dependent rupture behaviour of
earthquakes occurring at the megathrust fault of subduction zones, also known as …

Oceanic residual depth measurements, the plate cooling model, and global dynamic topography

MJ Hoggard, J Winterbourne… - … Research: Solid Earth, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Convective circulation of the mantle causes deflections of the Earth's surface that vary as a
function of space and time. Accurate measurements of this dynamic topography are …

Geodynamic and plate kinematic context of South China Sea subduction during Okinawa trough opening and Taiwan orogeny

JC Sibuet, M Zhao, J Wu, CS Lee - Tectonophysics, 2021 - Elsevier
The geodynamics and plate tectonics of the South China Sea (SCS)-Taiwan region since
Miocene times are uncertain because the former extent and tectonic configuration of the …

Seismic structure of rifting in the Okinawa Trough, an active backarc basin of the Ryukyu (Nansei-Shoto) island arc–trench system

A Nishizawa, K Kaneda, M Oikawa, D Horiuchi… - Earth, Planets and …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract The Okinawa Trough, to the southwest of Kyusyu, Japan, is an active backarc basin
of the Ryukyu (Nansei-Shoto) island arc–trench system caused by the Philippine Sea plate …

The chimei submarine canyon and fan: A record of Taiwan arc‐continent collision on the rapidly deforming overriding plate

Y Hsieh, C Liu, J Suppe, TB Byrne, S Lallemand - Tectonics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Chimei Canyon is a large, uplifting wedge‐top submarine canyon offshore
eastern Taiwan that has delivered sediment since~ 1–2 Ma from the rapidly eroding Taiwan …

A global assessment of the controls on the fractionation of arc magmas

BZ Klein, O Jagoutz, MW Schmidt… - Geochemistry …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
During the differentiation of arc magmas, fractionating liquids follow a series of cotectics,
where the co‐crystallization of multiple minerals control the melt compositional trajectories …

Variations in seismic velocity distribution along the Ryukyu (Nansei-Shoto) Trench subduction zone at the northwestern end of the Philippine Sea plate

A Nishizawa, K Kaneda, M Oikawa, D Horiuchi… - Earth, Planets and …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract The Ryukyu (Nansei-Shoto) island arc-trench system, southwest of Japan, is formed
by the subduction of the Philippine Sea (PHS) plate. Among the subduction zones …

Crustal structure of Bohai Sea and adjacent area (North China) from two onshore–offshore wide-angle seismic survey lines

L Liu, T Hao, C Lü, Q You, J Pan, F Wang, Y Xu… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2015 - Elsevier
In 2010 and 2011 onshore–offshore surveys along two lines in the Bohai area were carried
out. This paper presents the deep structure from wide-angle seismic data along the two …

Indentation of the Philippine Sea plate by the Eurasia plate in Taiwan: Details from recent marine seismological experiments

S Lallemand, T Theunissen, P Schnürle, CS Lee… - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
We analyze in this study a new set of marine data including 3D local tomography, 1992–
2008 relocated earthquakes and two recent multichannel seismic lines to characterize the …

A lithospheric profile across northern Taiwan: from arc-continent collision to extension

HJA Van Avendonk, KD McIntosh… - Geophysical Journal …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
During arc-continent collision, buoyant sections of sediments and rifted continental crust
from a subducting plate will accrete to the forearc of the upper plate as long as this backstop …