Papers of Potential Interest in EPSL
Update 09/2019
Update 01/2019
Update 11/2018
Update 09/2018
Updated 08/2018
Fault behavior and lower crustal rheology inferred from the first seven years of postseismic GPS data after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake
The geophysics, geology and mechanics of slow fault slip
Updated 04/2018
Stress rotation across the Cascadia megathrust requires a weak subduction plate boundary at seismogenic depths
Updated 02/2018
Active backstop faults in the Mentawai region of Sumatra, Indonesia, revealed by tele seismic broadband waveform modeling
Time-dependent postseismic slip following the 1978 Mw 7.3 Tabas-e-Golshan, Iran earthquake revealed by over 20 years of ESA InSAR observations
Shallow megathrust earthquake ruptures betrayed by their outer-trench aftershocks signature
Focal mechanisms and inter-event times of low-frequency earthquakes reveal quasi-continuous deformation and triggered slow slip on the deep Alpine Fault
Updated 01/2018
Strain partitioning in Southeastern Alaska: Is the Chatham Strait Fault active?
Scaling and spatial complementarily of tectonic earthquake swarms
Distribution of very low frequency earthquakes in the Nankai accretionary prism influenced by a subducting-ridge
Interaction between strike-slip earthquakes and the subduction interface near the Mendocino Triple Junction
Insight into the subducted Indian slab and origin of the Tengchong volcano in SE Tibet from receiver function analysis
Active tectonics around the Yakutat indentor: New geomorphological constraints on the eastern Denali, Totschunda and Duke River Faults
Updated 11/2017
Updated 09/2017
Updated 5/3/17
Subducting an old subduction zone sideways provides insights into what controls plate coupling
Updated 1/24/17
Potential earthquake precursory pattern from space: The 2015 Nepal event as seen by magnetic Swarm satellites
Tidal triggering of earthquakes suggests poroelastic behavior on the San Andreas Fault
Static versus dynamic fracturing in shallow carbonate fault zones
Updated 10/25/16
Reproducing the superstar portion of the 2002 Denali earthquake rupture in laboratory
Fast rupture for large magnitude strike-slip earthquakes
Updated 9/7/15
High interseismic coupling in the Eastern Makran (Pakistan) subduction zone
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Lowermost mantle flow at the eastern edge of the African Large Low Shear Velocity Province
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Evidence for slip partitioning and bimodal slip behavior on a single fault: Surface slip characteristics of the 2013 Mw7.7 Balochistan, Pakistan earthquake
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Influence of subduction history on South American topography
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Automated detection and location of tectonic tremor along the entire Cascadia margin from 2005 to 2011
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Weakly coupled lithospheric extension in southern Tibet
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Assessing the role of slab rheology in coupled plate-mantle convection models
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Geochemistry and thermodynamics of an earthquake: A case study of pseudotachylites within mylonitic granitoid
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Modeling the effect of subgrain rotation recrystallization on the evolution of olivine crystal preferred orientations in simple shear
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Temporal change in plate coupling and long-term slow slip events in southwestern Japan
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Identification of the static backstop and its influence on the evolution of the accretionary prism in the Nankai Trough
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The Mw7.9 2014 intraplate intermediate-depth Rat Islands earthquake and its relation to regional tectonics
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Thermal classification of lithospheric discontinuities beneath USArray
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Can grain size sensitive flow lubricate faults during the initial stages of earthquake propagation?
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Far-field triggering of foreshocks near the nucleation zone of the 5 September 2012 (MW 7.6) Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica earthquake
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Updated 4/4/12
Timing of low-temperature mineral formation during exhumation and cooling in the Central Alps, Switzerland
Tobias B. Weisenberger, Meinert Rahn, Roelant van der Lelij, Richard A. Spikings, Kurt Bucher
An intermediate-depth tensional earthquake (MW 5.7) and its aftershocks within the Nazca slab, central Chile: A reactivated outer rise fault?
Marianne Marot, Tony Monfret, Mario Pardo, Giorgio Ranalli, Guust Nolet
Evidence for a bimaterial interface along the Mudurnu segment of the North Anatolian Fault Zone from polarization analysis of P waves
Fatih Bulut, Yehuda Ben-Zion, Marco Bohnhoff
Megaquake cycle at the Tohoku subduction zone with thermal fluid pressurization near the surface
Yuta Mitsui, Naoyuki Kato, Yukitoshi Fukahata, Kazuro Hirahara
Global climate and tectonic controls on the denudation of glaciated mountains
Brian J. Yanites, Todd A. Ehlers
Relationship between topography, rates of extension and mantle dynamics in the actively-extending Italian Apennines
J.P. Faure Walker, G.P. Roberts, P.A. Cowie, I. Papanikolaou, A.M. Michetti, P. Sammonds, M. Wilkinson, K.J.W. McCaffrey, R.J. Phillips
Fault-trapped waves depict continuity of the fault system responsible for the 6 April 2009 MW 6.3 L'Aquila earthquake, central Italy
Giovanna Calderoni, Rita Di Giovambattista, Paola Vannoli, Stefania Pucillo, Antonio Rovelli
On the origin of the asthenosphere
Shun-ichiro Karato
Toward understanding tectonic control on the Mw 8.8 2010 Maule Chile earthquake
M. Moreno, D. Melnick, M. Rosenau, J. Baez, J. Klotz, O. Oncken, A. Tassara, J. Chen, K. Bataille, M. Bevis, A. Socquet, J. Bolte, C. Vigny, B. Brooks, I. Ryder, V. Grund, B. Smalley, D. Carrizo, M. Bartsch, H. Hase, et al.
Seismic evidence of bending and unbending of subducting oceanic crust and the presence of mantle megathrust in the 2004 Great Sumatra earthquake rupture zone
Satish C. Singh, Ajay P.S. Chauhan, Andrew J. Calvert, Nugroho D. Hananto, Dibakar Ghosal, Abhishek Rai, Helene Carton
The age and rate of displacement along the Main Central Thrust in the western Bhutan Himalaya
Tobgay Tobgay, Nadine McQuarrie, Sean Long, Matthew J. Kohn, Stacey L. Corrie
Pages 65-74
Christian Berndt, Sergio Costa, Miquel Canals, Angelo Camerlenghi, Ben de Mol, Martin Saunders
Updated 2/1/12
Plate motions, Andean orogeny, and volcanism above the South Atlantic convection cell
Laurent Hussona, b, Clinton P. Conradc, , Claudio Faccennad, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2011.11.040
Experimental modelling of ground deformation associated with shallow magma intrusions
Olivier Galland http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2011.10.017
Rupture speed and slip velocity: What can we learn from simulated earthquakes?
Andrea Bizzarri http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2011.11.023
Formation of conical fractures in sedimentary basins: Experiments involving pore fluids and implications for sandstone intrusion mechanisms
R. Mourguesa, , D. Bureaua, L. Bodetc, A. Gayb, J.B. Gressiera http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2011.10.029
Updated 9/19/2011
Lithology and internal structure of the San Andreas fault at depth based on characterization of Phase 3 whole-rock core in the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) borehole
In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 18 August 2011
Kelly K. Bradbury, James P. Evans, Judith S. Chester, Frederick M. Chester, David L. Kirschner
Volume 308, Issues 3-4:
Gently dipping normal faults identified with Space Shuttle radar topography data in central Sulawesi, Indonesia, and some implications for fault mechanics
Volume 308, Issues 3-4, Pages 267-276
Jon E. Spencer
Initiation of the great Mw 9.0 Tohoku–Oki earthquake
Pages 277-283
Risheng Chu, Shengji Wei, Don V. Helmberger, Zhongwen Zhan, Lupei Zhu, Hiroo Kanamori
Pulverized fault rocks and damage asymmetry along the Arima-Takatsuki Tectonic Line, Japan
Pages 284-297
T.M. Mitchell, Y. Ben-Zion, T. Shimamoto
Volume 308, Issues 1-2:
Experimental constraints on energy partitioning during stick–slip and stable sliding within analog fault gouge
Pages 185-192
Patrick M. Fulton, Andrew P. Rathbun
Volume 307, Issues 3-4
An experimental study of the effects of surface tension in homogenizing perturbations in melt fraction
Pages 349-360
Daniel S.H. King, Saswata Hier-Majumder, David L. Kohlstedt
Estimation of coseismic deformation and a fault model of the 2010 Yushu earthquake using PALSAR interferometry data
Pages 430-438
Mikio Tobita, Takuya Nishimura, Tomokazu Kobayashi, Ken Xiansheng Hao, Yoshikuni Shindo
Transient rifting north of the Galápagos Triple Junction
Pages 461-469
Garrett A. Mitchell, Laurent G.J. Montési, Wenlu Zhu, Deborah K. Smith, Hans Schouten
India's hidden inputs to Tibetan orogeny revealed by Hf isotopes of Transhimalayan zircons and host rocks
Pages 479-486
Mei-Fei Chu, Sun-Lin Chung, Suzanne Y. O'Reilly, Norman J. Pearson, Fu-Yuan Wu, Xian-Hua Li, Dunyi Liu, Jianqing Ji, Chiu-Hong Chu, Hao-Yang Lee
Earthquake supercycles in Central Italy, inferred from 36Cl exposure dating
Pages 487-500
A. Schlagenhauf, I. Manighetti, L. Benedetti, Y. Gaudemer, R. Finkel, J. Malavieille, K. Pou
Volume 307, Issues 1-2, Pages 1-240 (1 July 2011)
NW Iran-eastern Turkey present-day kinematics: Results from the Iranian permanent GPS network
Pages 27-34
Yahya Djamour, Philippe Vernant, Hamid Reza Nankali, Farrokh Tavakoli
Brittle creep in basalt and its application to time-dependent volcano deformation
Pages 71-82
M.J. Heap, P. Baud, P.G. Meredith, S. Vinciguerra, A.F. Bell, I.G. Main
Revealing the deep structure and rupture plane of the 2010 Maule, Chile earthquake (Mw = 8.8) using wide angle seismic data
Pages 147-155
Eduardo Moscoso, Ingo Grevemeyer, Eduardo Contreras-Reyes, Ernst R. Flueh, Yvonne Dzierma, Wolfgang Rabbel, Martin Thorwart
Implications of the thermal properties and kinetic parameters of dehydroxylation of mica minerals for fault weakening, frictional heating, and earthquake energetics
Pages 161-172
Tetsuro Hirono, Wataru Tanikawa
Stress evolution before and after the 2008 Wenchuan, China earthquake
Pages 222-232
Suleyman S. Nalbant, John McCloskey
Misoriented faults in exhumed metamorphic complexes: Rule or exception?
Pages 233-239
Matteo Massironi, Andrea Bistacchi, Luca Menegon
Volume 306, Issues 3-4, Pages 137-312 (15 June 2011)
Temperature variations of constitutive parameters can significantly affect the fault dynamics
Pages 272-278
Andrea Bizzarri
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Direct magnetic signals from earthquake rupturing: Iwate-Miyagi earthquake of M 7.2, Japan
Pages 65-72
Kan Okubo, Nobunao Takeuchi, Mitsuru Utsugi, Kiyohumi Yumoto, Yoichi Sasai
Exhumational variability within the Himalaya of northwest India
Pages 103-114
A. Deeken, R.C. Thiede, E.R. Sobel, J.K. Hourigan, M.R. Strecker
Deformation of a crystalline aggregate with a small percentage of high-dihedral-angle liquid: Implications for core–mantle differentiation during planetary formation
Pages 124-134
N.P. Walte, D.C. Rubie, P.D. Bons, D.J. Frost
Consolidation and overpressure near the seafloor in the Ursa Basin, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico
Pages 11-20
H. Long, P.B. Flemings, J.T. Germaine, D.M. Saffer
Boron isotopic composition of mud volcano fluids: Implications for fluid migration in shallow subduction zones
Pages 32-44
Hung-Chun Chao, Chen-Feng You, Bo-Shian Wang, Chuan-Hsiung Chung, Kuo-Fang Huang
Smectite to chlorite conversion by frictional heating along a subduction thrust
Pages 161-170
Jun Kameda, Kohtaro Ujiie, Asuka Yamaguchi, Gaku Kimura
Thermal weakening localizes intraplate deformation along the southern Australian continental margin
Pages 207-214
Simon P. Holford, Richard R. Hillis, Martin Hand, Mike Sandiford
Earthquake swarms in circum-Pacific subduction zones
Pages 215-225
S.G. Holtkamp, M.R. Brudzinski
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Belt-parallel mantle flow beneath a halted continental collision: The Western Alps
Pages 429-438
Guilhem Barruol, Mickael Bonnin, Helle Pedersen, Götz H.R. Bokelmann, Christel Tiberi
Metastable olivine wedge and deep dry cold slab beneath southwest Japan
Pages 1-10
Hitoshi Kawakatsu, Shoichi Yoshioka
Partitioning of localized and diffuse deformation in the Tibetan Plateau from joint inversions of geologic and geodetic observations
Pages 11-24
J.P. Loveless, B.J. Meade
Spatial controls on erosion in the Three Rivers Region, southeastern Tibet and southwestern China
Pages 71-83
Amanda C. Henck, Katharine W. Huntington, John O. Stone, David R. Montgomery, Bernard Hallet
A naturally constrained stress profile through the middle crust in an extensional terrane
Pages 181-192
Whitney M. Behr, John P. Platt
Monitoring aseismic surface creep along the North Anatolian Fault (Turkey) using ground-based LIDAR
Pages 64-70
V. Karabacak, E. Altunel, Z. Cakir
Experiments on buoyancy-driven crack around the brittle–ductile transition
Pages 337-346
Ikuro Sumita, Yukari Ota
Evolution of dilatant fracture networks in a normal fault — Evidence from 4D model experiments
Pages 399-406
Marc Holland, Heijn van Gent, Loïc Bazalgette, Najwa Yassir, Eilard H. Hoogerduijn Strating, Janos L. Urai