Physical applications of GPS geodesy: A review

Y Bock, D Melgar - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Geodesy, the oldest science, has become an important discipline in the geosciences, in
large part by enhancing Global Positioning System (GPS) capabilities over the last 35 years …

From geodetic imaging of seismic and aseismic fault slip to dynamic modeling of the seismic cycle

JP Avouac - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Understanding the partitioning of seismic and aseismic fault slip is central to seismotectonics
as it ultimately determines the seismic potential of faults. Thanks to advances in tectonic …

[BOK][B] The mechanics of earthquakes and faulting

CH Scholz - 2019 - books.google.com
This essential reference for graduate students and researchers provides a unified treatment
of earthquakes and faulting as two aspects of brittle tectonics at different timescales. The …

Depth‐varying rupture properties of subduction zone megathrust faults

T Lay, H Kanamori, CJ Ammon… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Subduction zone plate boundary megathrust faults accommodate relative plate motions with
spatially varying sliding behavior. The 2004 Sumatra‐Andaman (Mw 9.2), 2010 Chile (Mw …

Scaling relations of earthquake source parameter estimates with special focus on subduction environment

L Blaser, F Krüger, M Ohrnberger… - Bulletin of the …, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Earthquake rupture length and width estimates are in demand in many seismological
applications. Earthquake magnitude estimates are often available, whereas the geometrical …

Invited review paper: Fault creep caused by subduction of rough seafloor relief

K Wang, SL Bilek - Tectonophysics, 2014 - Elsevier
Among the wide range of thermal, petrologic, hydrological, and structural factors that
potentially affect subduction earthquakes, the roughness of the subducting seafloor is …

Highly variable coastal deformation in the 2016 MW7. 8 Kaikōura earthquake reflects rupture complexity along a transpressional plate boundary

KJ Clark, EK Nissen, JD Howarth, IJ Hamling… - Earth and Planetary …, 2017 - Elsevier
Coseismic coastal deformation is often used to understand slip on offshore faults in large
earthquakes but in the 2016 MW 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake multiple faults ruptured across …

Segmentation and supercycles: A catalog of earthquake rupture patterns from the Sumatran Sunda Megathrust and other well-studied faults worldwide

B Philibosian, AJ Meltzner - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
After more than 100 years of earthquake research, earthquake forecasting, which relies on
knowledge of past fault rupture patterns, has become the foundation for societal defense …

Frictional afterslip following the 2005 Nias-Simeulue earthquake, Sumatra

YJ Hsu, M Simons, JP Avouac, J Galetzka, K Sieh… - Science, 2006 - science.org
Continuously recording Global Positioning System stations near the 28 March 2005 rupture
of the Sunda megathrust [moment magnitude (M w) 8.7] show that the earthquake triggered …

The tectonic framework of the Sumatran subduction zone

R McCaffrey - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2009 - annualreviews.org
The great Aceh-Andaman earthquake of December 26, 2004 and its tragic consequences
brought the Sumatran region and its active tectonics into the world's focus. The plate tectonic …