Applying probabilistic methods to infrequent but devastating natural events is intrinsically
challenging. For tsunami analyses, a suite of geophysical assessments should be in …

Abstract The Hikurangi subduction margin, New Zealand, has not produced large
subduction earthquakes within the short written historic period (~ 180 years) and the …

Interplate megathrust earthquakes have inflicted catastrophic damage on human society.
Such an earthquake is predicted to occur in the near future along the Nankai Trough off …

We expand the theory of critically tapered Coulomb wedge for accretionary prisms by
considering stress changes in subduction earthquake cycles. Building on the Coulomb …

Subduction faults, called megathrusts, can generate large and hazardous earthquakes. The
mode of slip and seismicity of a megathrust is controlled by the structural complexity of the …

Megasplay faults, very long thrust faults that rise from the subduction plate boundary
megathrust and intersect the sea floor at the landward edge of the accretionary prism, are …

Rapid and accurate hazard forecasting is important for prompt evacuations and reducing
casualties during natural disasters. In the decade since the 2011 Tohoku tsunami, various …

Published areas of high coseismic slip, or asperities, for 29 of the largest Circum‐Pacific
megathrust earthquakes are compared to forearc structure revealed by satellite free‐air …

Geophysical and geological observations document that beneath the submerged forearc,
processes of sediment subduction and subduction erosion move large volumes of material …

Forearc basins are one of the fundamental sedimentary basins, and they preserve various
geological phenomena arising from dynamic interactions between subducting and …