The geological and geophysical phenomena associated with water in the slab can be
grouped into three different categories: those related to 1) the storage of water in the oceanic …

Terra Nova, 24, 255–272, 2012 Abstract Cold seep systems comprise three structural
elements: source, plumbing system, and venting structures or seeping features at or near the …

Subduction zones generate voluminous magma and mediate global element cycling. Fluids
are essential to this activity, yet their behavior is perhaps the most poorly understood aspect …

Recurring slow slip along near-trench megathrust faults occurs at many subduction zones,
but for unknown reasons, this process is not universal. Fluid overpressures are implicated in …

A large number of mound-shaped structures that originated from mud extrusions is present
along the convergent continental margin off Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Active fluid venting …

Fluid distribution in convergent margins is by most accounts closely related to tectonics. This
association has been widely studied at accretionary prisms, but at half of the Earth's …

The Cocos plate experiences extensional faulting as it bends into the Middle American
Trench (MAT) west of Nicaragua, which may lead to hydration of the subducting mantle. To …

A systematic search for methane‐rich fluid seeps at the seafloor was conducted at the
Pacific continental margin offshore southern Nicaragua and northern central Costa Rica, a …

At subduction zones, pore pressure affects fault strength, deformation style, structural
development, and potentially the updip limit of seismogenic faulting behavior through its …

Lithostratigraphic architecture exerts a first-order influence over the material properties and
tectonic behavior of subduction zones. The amount and types of clay-size particles affect any …