The Accumulation of Slip Deficit in Subduction Zones in the Absence of Mechanical Coupling: Implications for the Behavior of Megathrust Earthquakes

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作者
Herman, Matthew W. [1 ,2 ]
Furlong, Kevin P. [1 ]
Govers, Rob [2 ]
机构
[1] Penn State Univ, Dept Geosci, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
[2] Univ Utrecht, Dept Earth Sci, Utrecht, Netherlands
关键词
megathrust earthquakes; interseismic slip deficit; pseudo-coupling; tsunamis; TOHOKU-OKI EARTHQUAKE; STRAIN ACCUMULATION; SEISMOGENIC ZONE; STRESS SHADOWS; HAYWARD FAULT; UPDIP LIMIT; DEFORMATION; LOCKING; MODELS; FINITE;
D O I
10.1029/2018JB016336
中图分类号
P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
学科分类号
0708 ; 070902 ;
摘要
The distribution of slip during subduction megathrust earthquakes depends on the slip deficit that accumulates on the plate interface prior to the event. We develop 3-D finite element models of subduction zones to investigate how locked zones restrict surrounding regions on the plate boundary from sliding. What is new is that we quantify the slip around asperities on the megathrust. The models show plate interface slip increasing from zero at the edge of a locked zone to the relative plate motion over a distance of similar to 200km along the megathrust. This area of reduced slip accumulates a seismic moment deficit up to 10 times larger than the moment deficit in the asperity alone. Updip of locked areas, slip at the trench can be reduced by more than 50% of the plate motion. Despite large displacements of the upper plate near the trench, this region moves as a semirigid block. Rupture models of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, its tsunami characteristics, and geophysical observations near the trench can be interpreted to reflect the consequences of slip deficit accumulated on a low friction interface updip of the seismogenic zone. Neighboring asperities affect plate interface slip in a nonlinear way. Multiple asperities have overlapping pseudo-coupled regions that may restrict the magnitude of coseismic slip in single-asperity ruptures. Once an earthquake has a rupture length greater than similar to 250km, it may recover the entire accumulated slip deficit. This is consistent with the magnitude of coseismic slip in several recent great megathrust earthquakes.
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页码:8260 / 8278
页数:19
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