Invited review paper: Some outstanding issues in the study of great megathrust earthquakes—The Cascadia example

K Wang, AM Tréhu - Journal of Geodynamics, 2016 - Elsevier
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 …

Common depth of slab‐mantle decoupling: Reconciling diversity and uniformity of subduction zones

I Wada, K Wang - Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Processes in subduction zones such as slab and mantle‐wedge metamorphism, intraslab
earthquakes, and arc volcanism vary systematically with the age‐dependent thermal state of …

Neotectonic crustal deformation and current stress field in the Korean Peninsula and their tectonic implications: A review

MC Kim, S Jung, S Yoon, RY Jeong… - The Journal of the …, 2016 - koreascience.kr
In order to characterize the Neotectonic crustal deformation and current stress field in and
around the Korean Peninsula and to interpret their tectonic implications, this paper …

Three‐dimensional seismic velocity structure and configuration of the Philippine Sea slab in southwestern Japan estimated by double‐difference tomography

F Hirose, J Nakajima… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Three‐dimensional seismic velocity structure in and around the Philippine Sea plate
subducting beneath southwestern (SW) Japan is determined by applying double‐difference …

Upper-plate controls on subduction zone geometry, hydration and earthquake behaviour

AF Arnulf, D Bassett, AJ Harding, S Kodaira… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Many characteristics of the incoming oceanic lithosphere, such as its age, rigidity, fabric
orientation or sediment thickness, are often cited as important properties controlling the …

Subduction of the Philippine Sea plate beneath southwestern Japan: Slab geometry and its relationship to arc magmatism

J Nakajima, A Hasegawa - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
We carry out high‐resolution three‐dimensional seismic tomography of the crust and upper
mantle beneath southwestern (SW) Japan using arrival‐time data obtained from the …

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 …

Slipping the Shumagin gap: A kinematic coseismic and early afterslip model of the Mw 7.8 Simeonof Island, Alaska, earthquake

BW Crowell, D Melgar - Geophysical Research Letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In July 2020, a Mw 7.8 earthquake initiated directly to the east of Simeonof Island
offshore of the Alaska Peninsula. The earthquake ruptured the eastern part of the Shumagin …

Slab morphology in the Cascadia fore arc and its relation to episodic tremor and slip

P Audet, MG Bostock, DC Boyarko… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Episodic tremor and slip (ETS) events in subduction zones occur in the general vicinity of the
plate boundary, downdip of the locked zone. In developing an understanding of the ETS …

Structural features of the subducting slab beneath the Kii Peninsula, central Japan: Seismic evidence of slab segmentation, dehydration, and anisotropy

K Shiomi, J Park - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Seismic evidence of lithospheric slab segmentation, dehydration, and anisotropic rocks
beneath the Kii Peninsula, central Japan, is detected with receiver function (RF) analyses …