Prevalence of viscoelastic relaxation after the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake

T Sun, K Wang, T Iinuma, R Hino, J He, H Fujimoto… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
After a large subduction earthquake, crustal deformation continues to occur, with a complex
pattern of evolution. This postseismic deformation is due primarily to viscoelastic relaxation …

Recurrence time and size of Chilean earthquakes influenced by geological structure

J Julve, S Barbot, M Moreno, A Tassara, R Araya… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
In 1960, the giant Valdivia earthquake (moment magnitude, M w, 9.5), the largest
earthquake ever recorded, struck the Chilean subduction zone, rupturing the entire depth of …

Slab temperature evolution over the lifetime of a subduction zone

AF Holt, CB Condit - Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The thermal evolution of subducting slabs controls a range of subduction processes, yet we
lack a robust understanding of how thermal structure develops over a subduction zone's …

[HTML][HTML] The 2011 Tohoku earthquake (Mw 9.0) sequence and subduction dynamics in Western Pacific and East Asia

D Zhao - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2015 - Elsevier
We review recent findings on the causal mechanism of the great 2011 Tohoku earthquake
(Mw 9.0) sequence and related issues on seismic structure and subduction dynamics in …

Geodynamic modeling of thermal structure of subduction zones

W Leng, W Mao - Science China Earth Sciences, 2015 - Springer
During subduction processes, slabs continuously have heat exchange with the ambient
mantle, including both conduction and advection effects. The evolution of slab thermal …

Deep decoupling in subduction zones: Observations and temperature limits

GA Abers, PE van Keken, CR Wilson - Geosphere, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The plate interface undergoes two transitions between seismogenic depths and subarc
depths. A brittle-ductile transition at 20–50 km depth is followed by a transition to full viscous …

On the stability of talc in subduction zones: A possible control on the maximum depth of decoupling between the subducting plate and mantle wedge

SM Peacock, K Wang - Geophysical Research Letters, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Geophysical observations including surface heat flow data indicate the subducting slab
becomes fully coupled to the overlying mantle wedge at∼ 70–80 km depth. This maximum …

Nature and distribution of slab‐derived fluids and mantle sources beneath the Southeast Mariana forearc rift

JM Ribeiro, RJ Stern, KA Kelley… - Geochemistry …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Subduction zone magmas are produced by melting depleted mantle metasomatized by
fluids released from the subducted slab. In most subduction zones, formation of backarc …

[PDF][PDF] Tomography and dynamics of Western-Pacific subduction zones

D Zhao - 2012 - tohoku.repo.nii.ac.jp
We review the significant recent results of multiscale seismic tomography of the Western-
Pacific subduction zones and discuss their implications for seismotectonics, magmatism …

Seismic attenuation tomography of the Southwest Japan arc: new insight into subduction dynamics

X Liu, D Zhao - Geophysical Journal International, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We determined the first high-resolution P-and S-wave attenuation (Qp and Qs) tomography
of the crust and upper mantle under the entire Nankai subduction zone from the Nankai …