Historical and recent large megathrust earthquakes in Chile

S Ruiz, R Madariaga - Tectonophysics, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Recent earthquakes in Chile, 2014, Mw 8.2 Iquique, 2015, Mw 8.3 Illapel and 2016,
Mw 7.6 Chiloé have put in evidence some problems with the straightforward application of …

[HTML][HTML] Subduction zone megathrust earthquakes

SL Bilek, T Lay - Geosphere, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Subduction zone megathrust faults host Earth's largest earthquakes, along with multitudes of
smaller events that contribute to plate convergence. An understanding of the faulting …

Machine learning and fault rupture: a review

CX Ren, C Hulbert, PA Johnson, B Rouet-Leduc - Advances in Geophysics, 2020 - Elsevier
Geophysics has historically been a data-driven field. In recent years, the intersection of
exponentially increasing amounts of data and cheap computing power, from graphics cards …

Rupture process of the Mw = 7.9 2015 Gorkha earthquake (Nepal): Insights into Himalayan megathrust segmentation

R Grandin, M Vallée, C Satriano… - Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We investigate the rupture process of the 25 April 2015 Gorkha earthquake (Mw= 7.9) using
a kinematic joint inversion of teleseismic waves, strong motion data, high‐rate GPS, static …

Localized fault slip to the trench in the 2010 Maule, Chile Mw = 8.8 earthquake from joint inversion of high‐rate GPS, teleseismic body waves, InSAR, campaign GPS …

H Yue, T Lay, L Rivera, C An, C Vigny… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The 27 February 2010, Mw 8.8 Maule earthquake ruptured~ 500 km along the plate
boundary offshore central Chile between 34° S and 38.5° S. Establishing whether coseismic …

Coseismic and postseismic slip associated with the 2010 Maule Earthquake, Chile: Characterizing the Arauco Peninsula barrier effect

YN Lin, A Sladen, F Ortega‐Culaciati… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Observations of coseismic and postseismic deformation associated with the 2010 Mw= 8.8
Maule earthquake in south‐central Chile provide constraints on the spatial heterogeneities …

Convolutional neural network for seismic phase classification, performance demonstration over a local seismic network

J Woollam, A Rietbrock, A Bueno… - Seismological …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Over the past two decades, the amount of available seismic data has increased significantly,
fueling the need for automatic processing to use the vast amount of information contained in …

Megathrust shear force controls mountain height at convergent plate margins

A Dielforder, R Hetzel, O Oncken - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The shear force along convergent plate boundary faults (megathrusts) determines the height
of mountain ranges that can be mechanically sustained,,–. However, whether the true height …

Central shutdown and surrounding activation of aftershocks from megathrust earthquake stress transfer

S Toda, RS Stein - Nature Geoscience, 2022 - nature.com
Megathrust earthquakes release and transfer stress that has accumulated over hundreds of
years, leading to large aftershocks that can be highly destructive. Understanding the …

Deep decoupling in subduction zones: Observations and temperature limits

GA Abers, PE van Keken, CR Wilson - Geosphere, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The plate interface undergoes two transitions between seismogenic depths and subarc
depths. A brittle-ductile transition at 20–50 km depth is followed by a transition to full viscous …