Invited review paper: Fault creep caused by subduction of rough seafloor relief

K Wang, SL Bilek - Tectonophysics, 2014 - Elsevier
Among the wide range of thermal, petrologic, hydrological, and structural factors that
potentially affect subduction earthquakes, the roughness of the subducting seafloor is …

A review of the rupture characteristics of the 2011 Tohoku-oki Mw 9.1 earthquake

T Lay - Tectonophysics, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The 2011 March 11 Tohoku-oki great (Mw 9.1) earthquake ruptured the plate
boundary megathrust fault offshore of northern Honshu with estimates of shallow slip of 50 m …

Mantle structure and dynamics beneath SE Tibet revealed by new seismic images

Z Huang, P Wang, M Xu, L Wang, Z Ding, Y Wu… - Earth and Planetary …, 2015 - Elsevier
The structure and dynamics in SE Tibet are the key to understand the tectonic evolution of
the Tibetan Plateau. In this study we determined high-resolution P-wave seismic images in …

Imaging the subducting slabs and mantle upwelling under the Japan Islands

D Zhao, T Yanada, A Hasegawa… - Geophysical Journal …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
A high-resolution P-wave tomography of the crust and mantle down to 700km depth beneath
the Japan Islands is determined using a large number of high-quality arrival-time data from …

P and S wave tomography and anisotropy in Northwest Pacific and East Asia: Constraints on stagnant slab and intraplate volcanism

W Wei, D Zhao, J Xu, F Wei… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We determined three‐dimensional P and S wave velocities and P wave azimuthal
anisotropic tomography of the Northwest Pacific subduction zones by inverting 1,225,086 P …

P wave tomography and anisotropy beneath Southeast Asia: Insight into mantle dynamics

Z Huang, D Zhao, L Wang - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Southeast Asia is surrounded by subduction zones resulting from the interactions of several
lithospheric plates. Its evolution has been also influenced by active tectonics due to the Indo …

Azimuthal anisotropy tomography of the Southeast Asia subduction system

Y Hua, D Zhao, YG Xu - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A detailed 3‐D model of P wave isotropic velocity and azimuthal anisotropy beneath SE Asia
is obtained by jointly inverting local earthquake arrival times and teleseismic relative travel …

Structural heterogeneity in the megathrust zone and mechanism of the 2011 Tohoku‐oki earthquake (Mw 9.0)

D Zhao, Z Huang, N Umino… - Geophysical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The great 2011 Tohoku‐oki earthquake (Mw 9.0) and its 339 foreshocks and 5,609
aftershocks (9–27 March 2011) were relocated using a three‐dimensional seismic velocity …

[HTML][HTML] Is there a big mantle wedge under eastern Tibet?

J Lei, D Zhao, X Xu, YG Xu, M Du - Physics of the Earth and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
The big mantle wedge (BMW) model was originally proposed to explain the origin of the
intraplate Changbaishan volcano in NE China where the subducting Pacific slab becomes …

P-wave tomography for 3-D radial and azimuthal anisotropy of Tohoku and Kyushu subduction zones

J Wang, D Zhao - Geophysical Journal International, 2013 - academic.oup.com
We determined high-resolution P-wave tomography for 3-D radial and azimuthal anisotropy
of the Tohoku and Kyushu subduction zones using a large number of high-quality arrival …