Back-propagating supershear rupture in the 2016 Mw 7.1 Romanche transform fault earthquake

SP Hicks, R Okuwaki, A Steinberg, CA Rychert… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
How an earthquake rupture propagates strongly influences the potentially destructive
ground shaking. Complex ruptures often involve slip along multiple faults, which masks …

High‐resolution constraints on Pacific upper mantle petrofabric inferred from surface‐wave anisotropy

JB Russell, JB Gaherty, PYP Lin… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Lithospheric seismic anisotropy illuminates mid‐ocean ridge dynamics and the thermal
evolution of oceanic plates. We utilize short‐period (5–7.5 s) ambient‐noise surface waves …

Measurements of seismometer orientation of the first phase CHINArray and their implications on vector‐recording‐based seismic studies

S Zeng, Y Zheng, F Niu, S Ai - Bulletin of the …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
From 2011 to 2013, the CHINArray project led by the Institute of Geophysics, China
Earthquake Administration, made the first phase deployment of 350 broadband …

Broad-band ocean bottom seismometer noise properties

HA Janiszewski, Z Eilon, JB Russell… - Geophysical Journal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We present a new compilation and analysis of broad-band ocean bottom seismometer noise
properties from 15 yr of seismic deployments. We compile a comprehensive data set of …

Slab tearing underneath the Bransfield strait, Antarctica

JA Parera‐Portell, FDL Mancilla… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We conduct a P‐wave receiver function analysis of the Bransfield Strait (West Antarctica) to
determine the lithospheric structure of this back‐arc basin, thanks to 31 temporary and …

Sediment Characterization at the Equatorial Mid‐Atlantic Ridge From P‐to‐S Teleseismic Phase Conversions Recorded on the PI‐LAB Experiment

MR Agius, N Harmon, CA Rychert… - Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Accurate marine sediment characteristics, for example, thickness and seismic velocity, are
important for constraining sedimentation rates with implications for climate variations and for …

Investigating the subsurface in a shallow water environment using array and single-station ambient vibration techniques

A Shynkarenko, AM Lontsi, K Kremer… - Geophysical Journal …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Single-station and array ambient vibration techniques are widely used in onshore
environments, in particular to retrieve the subsurface structure and shear-wave velocity …

Seismometer orientation correction via teleseismic receiver function measurements in West Africa and adjacent Islands

AG Osotuyi, S Ni, J Chong, X Jun… - … Society of America, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
To establish a robust method of determining and correcting the misorientation of
seismometers with radial and tangential components of the teleseismic receiver function …

Anisotropy-revealed change in hydration along the Alaska subduction zone

C Lynner - Geology, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Megathrust earthquake behavior in subduction zones is controlled by a variety of factors
including the hydration state of the subducting slab. Increased hydration reduces the occur …

Widespread very low frequency earthquakes (VLFEs) activity offshore Cascadia

K Chaudhuri, A Ghosh - Geophysical Research Letters, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A significant amount of stress in the Cascadia subduction zone (CSZ) is released by different
forms of slow earthquakes including tremors, low‐frequency earthquakes, and very low …