Progress in modeling the Tohoku-oki megathrust earthquake cycle and associated crustal deformation processes

B Shibazaki - Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 2023 - Springer
This paper summarizes the results of 10 years of research on models of the megathrust
earthquake cycles and crustal deformation associated with the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake …

Rapid mantle flow with power-law creep explains deformation after the 2011 Tohoku mega-quake

R Agata, SD Barbot, K Fujita, M Hyodo, T Iinuma… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The deformation transient following large subduction zone earthquakes is thought to
originate from the interaction of viscoelastic flow in the asthenospheric mantle and slip on …

Frictional and structural controls of seismic super-cycles at the Japan trench

S Barbot - Earth, Planets and Space, 2020 - Springer
The diverse mechanical behaviors of subduction zones during the seismic cycle emerge
from the nonlinear dynamics of a complex mechanical system with interacting brittle and …

Structural control and system-level behavior of the seismic cycle at the Nankai Trough

Q Shi, S Barbot, S Wei, P Tapponnier… - Earth, Planets and …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The Nankai Trough in Southwest Japan exhibits a wide spectrum of fault slip, with
long-term and short-term slow-slip events, slow and fast earthquakes, all associated with …

Asthenosphere flow modulated by megathrust earthquake cycles

S Barbot - Geophysical Research Letters, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Subduction megathrusts develop the largest earthquakes, often close to large population
centers. Understanding the dynamics of deformation at subduction zones is therefore …

Role of lower crust in the postseismic deformation of the 2010 Maule earthquake: Insights from a model with power-law rheology

C Peña, O Heidbach, M Moreno, J Bedford… - Pure and Applied …, 2019 - Springer
The surface deformation associated with the 2010 M w 8.8 Maule earthquake in Chile was
recorded in great detail before, during and after the event. The high data quality of the …

Tectonic stress fields inferred from long-term CMT data ranging over different periods

T Terakawa, M Matsu'ura - Geophysical Journal International, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We have developed an inversion method for estimating 3-D tectonic stress fields from
centroid moment tensor (CMT) data of seismic events. To obtain reliable inversion analysis …

Spatiotemporal evolution of post-seismic deformation caused by large earthquakes around the Pacific and its impact on plate movement

G Fu, J Zhao, T Liu, S Gao… - Geophysical Journal …, 2025 - academic.oup.com
The fully relaxed deformation caused by an earthquake refers to the total deformation of the
earth caused by the earthquake, including the coseismic deformation and the total effect of …

Rheology of the Zagros Lithosphere from post-seismic deformation of the 2017 Mw7. 3 Kermanshah, Iraq, earthquake

X Lv, F Amelung, Y Shao, S Ye, M Liu, C Xie - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
We use 2018–2020 Sentinel-1 InSAR time series data to study post-seismic deformation
processes following the 2017 Mw 7.3 Kermanshah, Iraq earthquake. We remove …

Mechanically Coupled Areas on the Plate Interface in the Kanto Region, Central Japan, Generating Great Earthquakes and Slow‐Slip Events

T Saito, A Noda - Bulletin of the Seismological Society of …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We detected the mechanically coupled areas, or high stress rate patches, on the plate
interface in the Kanto region, central Japan, by analyzing the Global Navigation Satellite …