Dueling dynamics of low-angle normal fault rupture with splay faulting and off-fault damage

J Biemiller, AA Gabriel, T Ulrich - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Despite a lack of modern large earthquakes on shallowly dipping normal faults, Holocene
Mw> 7 low-angle normal fault (LANF; dip< 30°) ruptures are preserved paleoseismically and …

3D linked subduction, dynamic rupture, tsunami, and inundation modeling: Dynamic effects of supershear and tsunami earthquakes, hypocenter location, and shallow …

S Aniko Wirp, AA Gabriel, M Schmeller… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Physics-based dynamic rupture models capture the variability of earthquake slip in space
and time and can account for the structural complexity inherent to subduction zones. Here …

A discontinuous Galerkin method for sequences of earthquakes and aseismic slip on multiple faults using unstructured curvilinear grids

C Uphoff, DA May, AA Gabriel - Geophysical Journal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Physics-based simulations provide a path to overcome the lack of observational data
hampering a holistic understanding of earthquake faulting and crustal deformation across …

The state of pore fluid pressure and 3‐D megathrust earthquake dynamics

EH Madden, T Ulrich, AA Gabriel - Journal of Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We study the effects of pore fluid pressure (Pf) on the pre‐earthquake, near‐fault stress
state, and 3‐D earthquake rupture dynamics through six scenarios utilizing a structural …

Offshore geometry of the South America subduction zone plate boundary

E Contreras-Reyes, M Carvajal, F González - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2025 - Elsevier
Accurate and precise 3-D geometry models of subduction zone plate boundaries are crucial
for advancing earthquake science, enhancing hazard assessments, and improving our …

Active, long-lived upper-plate splay faulting revealed by thermochronology in the Alaska subduction zone

S Fan, KD Morell, DM Fisher, H Raimbourg… - Earth and Planetary …, 2025 - Elsevier
The lack of subaerial forearc geological records in active subduction zones has hindered
our understanding of the roles of upper-plate structures and their interactions with plate …

Subduction zone geometry modulates the megathrust earthquake cycle: Magnitude, recurrence, and variability

J Biemiller, AA Gabriel, DA May… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Megathrust geometric properties exhibit some of the strongest correlations with maximum
earthquake magnitude in global surveys of large subduction zone earthquakes, but the …

[HTML][HTML] Sediment buoyancy controls the effective slab pull force and deviatoric stress along trenches: Insights from 3D free-subduction model

JY Keum, BD So - Tectonophysics, 2023 - Elsevier
In the complicated force equilibrium of subduction dynamics, the slab pull resulting from the
negative buoyancy of the lithosphere is considered the primary driving force of plate …

Steady‐State Effective Normal Stress in Subduction Zones Based on Hydraulic Models and Implications for Shallow Slow Earthquakes

S Kaneki, H Noda - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The spatial distribution of effective normal stress,, is essential for understanding the fault
motion. Although Rice (1992, https://doi. org/10.1016/s0074-6142 (08) 62835-1) proposed a …

Dynamic rupture modeling of large earthquake scenarios at the Hellenic Arc toward physics‐based seismic and tsunami hazard assessment

SA Wirp, AA Gabriel, T Ulrich… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Mediterranean Hellenic Arc subduction zone (HASZ) has generated several
MW≥ M_W≥ 8 earthquakes and tsunamis. Seismic‐probabilistic tsunami hazard …