Subduction Zone Deformation Throughout the Earthquake Cycle: Observations and Models

Session ID#: 282262

Session Description:
Subduction zones are the source of Earth’s largest earthquakes and pose significant hazards to densely populated coastal regions. Recent advances in space geodesy have greatly improved our ability to monitor complex deformation processes throughout the earthquake cycle. We invite contributions that investigate the full spectrum of subduction zone processes, including interseismic locking, coseismic slip, slow slip events, fault creep, episodic tremor and slip (ETS), postseismic afterslip, and viscoelastic mantle flow transients. We particularly encourage studies that integrate space geodetic data (e.g., GNSS, InSAR, GRACE) with seismic, paleoseismic, and geological observations, as well as numerical modeling to better understand the physical mechanisms driving these processes and their spatial and temporal evolution.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • S - Seismology
  • T - Tectonophysics
Index Terms:

1209 Tectonic deformation [GEODESY AND GRAVITY]
1242 Seismic cycle related deformations [GEODESY AND GRAVITY]
8170 Subduction zone processes [TECTONOPHYSICS]
Primary Convener:  Elizabeth M Sherrill, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Convener:  Yuan-Kai Liu, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Student/Early Career Convener:  Nicolás Castro Perdomo, Indiana University Bloomington, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Bloomington, IN, United States
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