TY - CHAP
T1 - Great earthquakes in slow-subduction, low-taper margins
AU - Gutscher, M-A
AU - Westbrook, Graham
AU - Lallemand, S
AU - Funiciello, F
PY - 2009/1/1
Y1 - 2009/1/1
N2 - The seismic hazard presented by slow subduction zones is not well known. While there is a widely accepted apparent relation between "fast-young plate" subduction and great earthquake generation (e.g., Chile, 1960), the seismic record indicates that slow subduction zones are also capable of generating mega-thrust earthquakes (M > 8.2). Available data on the recurrence interval for slow subduction margins, suggests that repeat times are longer than for more rapid convergence margins (oil the order of several hundred to a few thousand years). For several of these margins, however, no shallow dipping thrust earthquake focal mechanisms are observed and no mega-thrust earthquakes known either.
Slow subduction zones (v
AB - The seismic hazard presented by slow subduction zones is not well known. While there is a widely accepted apparent relation between "fast-young plate" subduction and great earthquake generation (e.g., Chile, 1960), the seismic record indicates that slow subduction zones are also capable of generating mega-thrust earthquakes (M > 8.2). Available data on the recurrence interval for slow subduction margins, suggests that repeat times are longer than for more rapid convergence margins (oil the order of several hundred to a few thousand years). For several of these margins, however, no shallow dipping thrust earthquake focal mechanisms are observed and no mega-thrust earthquakes known either.
Slow subduction zones (v
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-540-87974-9
DO - 10.1007/978-3-540-87974-9
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9783540879718
VL - 119
T3 - Frontiers in Earth Sciences
BT - Subduction Zone Geodynamics
ER -