Tsunami excitation in the outer wedge of global subduction zones

Q Qiu, S Barbot - Earth-science reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The world's most devastating local and ocean-wide tsunamis are generated by subduction
zone earthquakes, but the mechanisms for powerful seafloor uplift and tsunami generation …

Geo-hazards in the North Arabian Sea with special emphasis on Makran Subduction Zone

SAH Gardezi, X Luan, Z Sun, R Haider, Y Zhang… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
The intricate convergence of tectonic plates and the interplay between landmasses and
oceans in subduction zones give rise to marine geo-hazards, encompassing catastrophic …

The 2013, Mw 7.7 Balochistan earthquake, energetic strike-slip reactivation of a thrust fault

JP Avouac, F Ayoub, S Wei, JP Ampuero… - Earth and Planetary …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract We analyse the Mw 7.7 Balochistan earthquake of 09/24/2013 based on ground
surface deformation measured from sub-pixel correlation of Landsat-8 images, combined …

Hikurangi margin tsunami earthquake generated by slow seismic rupture over a subducted seamount

R Bell, C Holden, W Power, X Wang… - Earth and Planetary …, 2014 - Elsevier
Tsunami earthquakes generate much larger tsunami than their surface wave magnitude
would suggest and are a problem for tsunami warning systems. They are often not …

Megathrust and accretionary wedge properties and behaviour in the Makran subduction zone

C Penney, F Tavakoli, A Saadat… - Geophysical Journal …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We study the Makran subduction zone, along the southern coasts of Iran and Pakistan, to
gain insights into the kinematics and dynamics of accretionary prism deformation. By …

Active deformation in the Makran region using geological, geodetic and stress direction data sets

H Ghadimi, A Khodaverdian… - Geophysical Journal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Neotectonic flow of the Makran subduction zone is estimated using a kinematic modelling
technique based on iterated weighted least-squares that fits to all kinematic data from both …

Release of mineral-bound water prior to subduction tied to shallow seismogenic slip off Sumatra

A Hüpers, ME Torres, S Owari, LC McNeill, B Dugan… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Plate-boundary fault rupture during the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman subduction earthquake
extended closer to the trench than expected, increasing earthquake and tsunami size …

Great (≥ Mw8. 0) megathrust earthquakes and the subduction of excess sediment and bathymetrically smooth seafloor

DW Scholl, SH Kirby, R von Huene, H Ryan… - …, 2015 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Using older and in part flawed data, suggested that thick sediment entering the subduction
zone (SZ) smooths and strengthens the trench-parallel distribution of interplate coupling …

Constraints on the 2013 Saravan intraslab earthquake using permanent GNSS, InSAR and seismic data

M Amiri, A Walpersdorf, Z Mousavi… - Geophysical Journal …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
On 16 April 2013, an M w= 7.7 earthquake struck the border of Iran and Pakistan in the
central part of the Makran subduction zone with a reported depth of 80 km by USGS. This …

A multi-proxy approach to assess tsunami hazard with a preliminary risk assessment: A case study of the Makran Coast, Pakistan

R Haider, S Ali, G Hoffmann, K Reicherter - Marine Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
Tsunamis and cyclones are sea-borne hazards capable of inundating vast coastal areas.
This study aims at an extreme wave hazard assessment with a preliminary inundation …