The Hikurangi margin has been an important global focus for subduction zone research for
the last decade. International Ocean Discovery Program drilling and geophysical …

The role of subducting topography on the mode of fault slip—particularly whether it hinders
or facilitates large megathrust earthquakes—remains a controversial topic in subduction …

Subduction zones serve as carbon recycling centers, where vast amassments of geologic
carbon accrete or subduct through thermogenic gas windows over millions of years. We …

The highest concentration of cold seep sites worldwide has been observed along
convergent margins, where fluid migration through sedimentary sequences is enhanced by …

In the past decade, thousands of previously unknown methane seeps have been identified
on continental margins around the world. As we have come to appreciate methane seep …

The southern Hikurangi subduction zone exhibits significant along‐strike variation in
convergence rate and obliquity, sediment thickness and, uniquely, the increasing proximity …

Gas hydrates are widespread along convergent margins, but their distribution is highly
variable. This variability has been attributed to a range of factors, such as the source of gas …

Focused gas migration through the gas hydrate stability zone in vertical gas conduits is a
global phenomenon. The process can lead to concentrated gas hydrate formation and …

The Pāpaku Fault Zone, drilled at International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Site
U1518, is an active splay fault in the frontal accretionary wedge of the Hikurangi Margin. In …

Seafloor pockmarks are abundant around Aotearoa New Zealand, occurring across a
diverse range of tectonic, sedimentological and geomorphological settings. Globally, the …