Weak, vertically stronger main Himalayan Thrust in the India‐Asia collision

S Li, V Schulte‐Pelkum, WD Barnhart… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Megathrusts at convergent plate boundaries generate the largest and some of the most
hazardous earthquakes on Earth. However, their physical properties, including those …

Seismic anisotropy of mafic blueschists: EBSD‐based constraints from the exhumed rock record

JN Ott, CB Condit, V Schulte‐Pelkum… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Seismic anisotropy constitutes a useful tool for imaging the structure along the plate
interface in subduction zones, but the seismic properties of mafic blueschists, a common …

Low-strength shear zone in the western Makran subduction zone, southeastern Iran: insights from a receiver function analysis

S Abbasi, K Motaghi, FP Lucente… - Geophysical Journal …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
To understand the seismic hazard of a subduction zone, it is necessary to know the
geometry, location and mechanical characteristics of the interplate boundary below which …

Seismic attenuation structure of southern Peruvian subduction system

H Jang, YH Kim, H Lim, RW Clayton - Tectonophysics, 2019 - Elsevier
Seismic attenuation provides key constraints on understanding the structure and dynamics
of subduction-zone system. In this study, we provide the first three-dimensional P and S …

Seismic crustal structure beneath Jeju Volcanic Island, South Korea from teleseismic P-receiver functions

H Kang, YH Kim, J Rhie, TS Kang… - Geophysical Journal …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Jeju Island is an intraplate volcanic island with enigmatic origins, located on the continental
shelf south of the Korean Peninsula. A dense temporary seismic array, operated on Jeju …

Preface to the Focus Section on Subduction Zone Processes in the Americas

CA Vargas, SL Beck, M Protti… - Seismological …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Since its development in the late 1960s and 1970s, plate tectonics has caught hold and
been used to explain many fundamental processes on Earth (Vine, 1966; Oliver and Isacks …