Physical applications of GPS geodesy: A review

Y Bock, D Melgar - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Geodesy, the oldest science, has become an important discipline in the geosciences, in
large part by enhancing Global Positioning System (GPS) capabilities over the last 35 years …

Segmentation and supercycles: A catalog of earthquake rupture patterns from the Sumatran Sunda Megathrust and other well-studied faults worldwide

B Philibosian, AJ Meltzner - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
After more than 100 years of earthquake research, earthquake forecasting, which relies on
knowledge of past fault rupture patterns, has become the foundation for societal defense …

Time and space distribution of coseismic slip of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake as inferred from tsunami waveform data

K Satake, Y Fujii, T Harada… - Bulletin of the …, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
A multiple time window inversion of 53 high‐sampling tsunami waveforms on ocean‐bottom
pressure, Global Positioning System, coastal wave, and tide gauges shows a temporal and …

Depth‐varying rupture properties of subduction zone megathrust faults

T Lay, H Kanamori, CJ Ammon… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Subduction zone plate boundary megathrust faults accommodate relative plate motions with
spatially varying sliding behavior. The 2004 Sumatra‐Andaman (Mw 9.2), 2010 Chile (Mw …

Shallow Dynamic Overshoot and Energetic Deep Rupture in the 2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake

S Ide, A Baltay, GC Beroza - Science, 2011 - science.org
Strong spatial variation of rupture characteristics in the moment magnitude (M w) 9.0 Tohoku-
Oki megathrust earthquake controlled both the strength of shaking and the size of the …

The 2011 magnitude 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake: Mosaicking the megathrust from seconds to centuries

M Simons, SE Minson, A Sladen, F Ortega, J Jiang… - science, 2011 - science.org
Geophysical observations from the 2011 moment magnitude (M w) 9.0 Tohoku-Oki, Japan
earthquake allow exploration of a rare large event along a subduction megathrust. Models …

Tsunami source of the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake

Y Fujii, K Satake, S Sakai, M Shinohara… - Earth, planets and …, 2011 - Springer
Tsunami waveform inversion for the 11 March, 2011, off the Pacific coast of Tohoku
Earthquake (M 9.0) indicates that the source of the largest tsunami was located near the axis …

The slow earthquake spectrum in the Japan Trench illuminated by the S-net seafloor observatories

T Nishikawa, T Matsuzawa, K Ohta, N Uchida… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Investigating slow earthquake activity in subduction zones provides insight into the slip
behavior of megathrusts, which can provide important clues about the rupture extent of …

[HTML][HTML] Did a submarine landslide contribute to the 2011 Tohoku tsunami?

DR Tappin, ST Grilli, JC Harris, RJ Geller, T Masterlark… - Marine Geology, 2014 - Elsevier
Many studies have modeled the Tohoku tsunami of March 11, 2011 as being due entirely to
slip on an earthquake fault, but the following discrepancies suggest that further research is …

Structure and composition of the plate-boundary slip zone for the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake

FM Chester, C Rowe, K Ujiie, J Kirkpatrick, C Regalla… - Science, 2013 - science.org
The mechanics of great subduction earthquakes are influenced by the frictional properties,
structure, and composition of the plate-boundary fault. We present observations of the …