Invited review paper: Some outstanding issues in the study of great megathrust earthquakes—The Cascadia example
Because of a combination of new observational tools and a flurry of large megathrust
earthquakes, tremendous progress has been made in recent years towards understanding …
earthquakes, tremendous progress has been made in recent years towards understanding …
New empirical earthquake source‐scaling laws
KKS Thingbaijam, PM Mai… - Bulletin of the …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We develop new empirical scaling laws for rupture width W, rupture length L, rupture
area A, and average slip D, based on a large database of rupture models. The database …
area A, and average slip D, based on a large database of rupture models. The database …
A review of shallow slow earthquakes along the Nankai Trough
Slow earthquakes occur at deep and shallow plate boundaries along the Nankai Trough.
Deep slow earthquakes are continuously distributed along the 30–40 km depth contours of …
Deep slow earthquakes are continuously distributed along the 30–40 km depth contours of …
Three-dimensional splay fault geometry and implications for tsunami generation
Megasplay faults, very long thrust faults that rise from the subduction plate boundary
megathrust and intersect the sea floor at the landward edge of the accretionary prism, are …
megathrust and intersect the sea floor at the landward edge of the accretionary prism, are …
Shallow very-low-frequency earthquakes accompany slow slip events in the Nankai subduction zone
Recent studies of slow earthquakes along plate boundaries have shown that tectonic tremor,
low-frequency earthquakes, very-low-frequency events (VLFEs), and slow-slip events …
low-frequency earthquakes, very-low-frequency events (VLFEs), and slow-slip events …
Rheological separation of the megathrust seismogenic zone and episodic tremor and slip
X Gao, K Wang - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Episodic tremor and accompanying slow slip, together called ETS, is most often observed in
subduction zones of young and warm subducting slabs,,. ETS should help us to understand …
subduction zones of young and warm subducting slabs,,. ETS should help us to understand …
Seismic slip propagation to the updip end of plate boundary subduction interface faults: Vitrinite reflectance geothermometry on Integrated Ocean Drilling Program …
Seismic faulting along subduction-type plate boundaries plays a fundamental role in
tsunami genesis. During the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Nankai Trough …
tsunami genesis. During the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Nankai Trough …
Source rupture processes of the 1944 Tonankai earthquake and the 1945 Mikawa earthquake derived from low-gain seismograms
M Kikuchi, M Nakamura, K Yoshikawa - Earth, Planets and Space, 2003 - jstage.jst.go.jp
In the 1940's, several destructive earthquakes occurred in western Japan. Seismograms in
this period were usually recorded on smoked paper and the quality was poor compared to …
this period were usually recorded on smoked paper and the quality was poor compared to …
Waveform tomography imaging of a megasplay fault system in the seismogenic Nankai subduction zone
We apply Frequency-domain Waveform Tomography to form quantitative, high-resolution P-
wave velocity images of a megasplay fault system within the central Nankai subduction zone …
wave velocity images of a megasplay fault system within the central Nankai subduction zone …
[PDF][PDF] NanTroSEIZE: the IODP Nankai Trough seismogenic zone experiment
HJ Tobin, M Kinoshita - Scientific Drilling, 2006 - sd.copernicus.org
Figure 1-A. The Nankai Trough region of southwestern Japan is the locus of subduction of
the Philippine Sea plate beneath Honshu and Shikoku islands. Shaded boxes are the …
the Philippine Sea plate beneath Honshu and Shikoku islands. Shaded boxes are the …