What's down there? The structures, materials and environment of deep-seated slow slip and tremor

WM Behr, R Bürgmann - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Deep-seated slow slip and tremor (SST), including slow slip events, episodic tremor and
slip, and low-frequency earthquakes, occur downdip of the seismogenic zone of numerous …

Rupture of wet mantle wedge by self-promoting carbonation

A Okamoto, R Oyanagi, K Yoshida, M Uno… - … Earth & Environment, 2021 - nature.com
More than one teramole of carbon per year is subducted as carbonate or carbonaceous
material. However, the influence of carbonation/decarbonation reactions on seismic activity …

Transient permeability of a deep‐seated subduction interface shear zone

J Muñoz‐Montecinos, WM Behr - Geophysical Research Letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Slow slip and tremor is observed along many subduction margins and is commonly linked to
fluid pressure variations and migration. Accurate estimates of porosity and permeability …

Methane-hydrogen-rich fluid migration may trigger seismic failure in subduction zones at forearc depths

F Giuntoli, L Menegon, G Siron, F Cognigni… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Metamorphic fluids, faults, and shear zones are carriers of carbon from the deep Earth to
shallower reservoirs. Some of these fluids are reduced and transport energy sources, like …

Deformation mechanisms of blueschist facies continental metasediments may offer insights into deep episodic tremor and slow slip events

F Giuntoli, G Viola, BE Sørensen - Journal of Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Exhumed fossil subduction zones are archives of the deformation conditions and
mechanisms from depths not directly accessible. Microstructural analysis of samples …

Permeability of subducted oceanic crust revealed by eclogite-facies vugs

S Angiboust, T Raimondo - Geology, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We report the finding of rare eclogite-facies vugs forming millimeter-to centimeter-sized
pockets in meta-ophiolites from the western European Alps. Euhedral garnet crystals …

Pervasive fluid-rock interaction in subducted oceanic crust revealed by oxygen isotope zoning in garnet

T Bovay, D Rubatto, P Lanari - Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 2021 - Springer
Dehydration reactions in the subducting slab liberate fluids causing major changes in rock
density, volume and permeability. Although it is well known that the fluids can migrate and …

Understanding subduction infancy to mature subduction in Southwest Japan via the self-consistent formation of a weak slab interface

C Lee, YH Kim - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
The weak slab interface controls long-term subduction dynamics. A weak hydrous layer at
the slab interface promotes mechanical decoupling between the forearc mantle and the …

[HTML][HTML] Tectonic pressure gradients during viscous creep drive fluid flow and brittle failure at the base of the seismogenic zone

L Menegon, Å Fagereng - Geology, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Fluid-pressure cycles are commonly invoked to explain alternating frictional and viscous
deformation at the base of the seismogenic crust. However, the stress conditions and …

Field‐based evidence for intra‐slab high‐permeability channel formation at eclogite‐facies conditions during subduction

F Piccoli, JJ Ague, X Chu, M Tian… - Geochemistry …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Fluid release from subducting oceanic lithosphere is a key process for subduction zone
geodynamics, from controlling arc volcanism to seismicity and tectonic exhumation …