Geological fingerprints of deep slow earthquakes: A review of field constraints and directions for future research

JP Platt, D Grujic, NJ Phillips, S Piazolo… - …, 2024‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Slow earthquakes, including low-frequency earthquakes, tremor, and geodetically detected
slow-slip events, have been widely detected, most commonly at depths of 40–60 km in …

Sulfur disproportionation in deep COHS slab fluids drives mantle wedge oxidation

A Maffeis, ML Frezzotti, JAD Connolly, D Castelli… - Science …, 2024‏ - science.org
Sulfur degassed at volcanic arcs calls for dissolved sulfate ions (S6+) released by
subduction-zone fluids, oxidizing (in association with carbon) the subarc mantle, but sulfur …

Fault‐valve instability: A mechanism for slow slip events

S Ozawa, Y Yang, EM Dunham - Journal of Geophysical …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Geophysical and geological studies provide evidence for cyclic changes in fault‐zone pore
fluid pressure that synchronize with or at least modulate slip events. A hypothesized …

Fluid‐driven shear instabilities in the subducted oceanic mantle at intermediate depths: Insights from Western Alps meta‐ophiolites

J Muñoz‐Montecinos, S Angiboust… - Geochemistry …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Serpentinites are major carriers of volatiles in deep subduction zones, releasing most fluids
in the 500–650° C range. Despite fundamental implications for mass transfer and …

Laboratory hydrofractures as analogs to tectonic tremors

C Yuan, T Cochard, M Denolle, J Gomberg… - AGU …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
The fracture of Earth materials occurs over a wide range of time and length scales. Physical
conditions, particularly the stress field and Earth material properties, may condition rupture …

[HTML][HTML] Omphacitite formation and fluid-rock interaction processes in an intra-slab eclogite-facies shear zone

C Minnaert, S Angiboust, A Cambeses, J Glodny… - Lithos, 2024‏ - Elsevier
We document the formation of omphacitites in the Monviso Lago Superiore Unit (W. Alps)
where eclogite-facies, serpentinite-bearing shear zones host ample evidence for intense …

[HTML][HTML] In situ rubidium–strontium geochronology of white mica in young metamafic and metasomatic rocks from Syros: testing the limits of laser-ablation triple …

J Muñoz-Montecinos, A Giuliani, S Oesch… - …, 2024‏ - gchron.copernicus.org
The recent development of laser-ablation triple-quadrupole inductively coupled plasma
mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS/MS) has revolutionized rubidium–strontium (Rb–Sr) mica …

[HTML][HTML] Mesoscale fractures control the scale dependences of seismic velocity and fluid flow in subduction zones

Y Akamatsu, H Okuda, M Kitamura, M Sawai - Tectonophysics, 2025‏ - Elsevier
Natural geological systems contain porosity structures of various scales that play different
roles in geophysical properties, fluid flow, and geodynamics. To understand seismic activity …

In-situ Rb-Sr geochronology of white mica in young metamafic and metasomatic rocks from Syros: testing the limits of LA-ICP-MS/MS mica dating using different …

J Muñoz-Montecinos, A Giuliani… - Geochronology …, 2024‏ - gchron.copernicus.org
The recent development of LA-ICP-MS/MS has revolutionized Rb-Sr mica dating allowing to
obtain isotopic data within their microstructural context. While effective for old and felsic …

On Fluid-Metamorphic Regime of Deep Fault Zones, in Connection with “Topical Issues in Hydrogeology of Seismogenic Fault Zones” by GG Kocharyan and IV …

MV Rodkin - Izvestiya, Physics of the Solid Earth, 2024‏ - Springer
In many aspects, the deep fluid regime plays a key role in seismicity, aseismic deformation
of the lithosphere, and ore and oil genesis processes. An informative detailed analysis of the …