Physics of megathrust earthquakes

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    • Barbot, Sylvain

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Physics of megathrust earthquakes

edited by Sylvain Barbot

(Pageoph topical volumes)

Birkhäuser, c2020

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"Previously published in Pure and Applied Geophysics (PAGEOPH), Volume 176, No. 9, 2019"

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Description

This topical volume on the physics of megathrust earthquakes investigates many aspects of the earthquake phenomenon, from the geodynamic setting of subduction zones, to interseismic and postseismic deformation, slow-slip events, dynamic rupture, and tsunami generation. The dynamics of the seismic cycle at megathrusts is rich in various types of earthquakes, many of which only recently discovered. Our early understanding of the earthquake phenomenon was a type of stick-slip motion, where the fault is loaded by tectonic forces for an extended period, followed by rapid failure. Extensive seismic and geodetic monitoring of subduction zones has revealed a much more varied seismic behavior, where episodic fault slip can occur at any slip velocity between the background loading rate, of the order of a few atoms per second, and the fast seismic range, about a meter per second. Events that fill the gap between slow creep and fast ruptures include a host of slow earthquakes. Subduction zones therefore provide a natural laboratory to better understand the physics of earthquakes and faulting. Previously published in Pure and Applied Geophysics, Volume 176, Issue 9, 2019 The chapters "Interseismic Coupling and Slow Slip Events on the Cascadia Megathrust", "Effect of Slip-Weakening Distance on Seismic-Aseismic Slip Patterns", "Physics-Based Scenario of Earthquake Cycles on the Ventura Thrust System, California: The Effect of Variable Friction and Fault Geometry", and "A Secondary Zone of Uplift Due to Megathrust Earthquakes" are available as open access articles under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com

Table of Contents

Physics of Megathrust Earthquakes: Introduction Energy and Magnitude: A Historical Perspective A Damped Dynamic Finite Difference Approach for Modeling Static Stress-Strain Fields Interseismic Coupling and Slow Slip Events on the Cascadia Megathrust Interseismic Coupling in the Central Nepalese Himalaya: Spatial Correlation with the 2015 Mw 7.9 Gorkha Earthquake Role of Lower Crust in the Postseismic Deformation of the 2010 Maule Earthquake: Insights from a Model with Power-Law Rheology Green's Functions for Post-seismic Strain Changes in a Realistic Earth Model and Their Application to the Tohoku-Oki Mw 9.0 Earthquake Quasi-Dynamic 3D Modeling of the Generation and Afterslip of a Tohoku-oki Earthquake Considering Thermal Pressurization and Frictional Properties of the Shallow Plate Boundary Effect of Slip-Weakening Distance on Seismic-Aseismic Slip Patterns Physics-Based Scenario of Earthquake Cycles on the Ventura Thrust System, California: The Effect of Variable Friction and Fault Geometry Fully Coupled Simulations of Megathrust Earthquakes and Tsunamis in the Japan Trench, Nankai Trough, and Cascadia Subduction Zone A Secondary Zone of Uplift Due to Megathrust Earthquakes

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  • NCID
    BB31513962
  • ISBN
    • 9783030435714
  • Country Code
    sz
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cham
  • Pages/Volumes
    v, 256 p.
  • Size
    26 cm
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