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Stress orientations in subduction zones and the strength of subduction megathrust faults

Overview of attention for article published in Science, September 2015
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Title
Stress orientations in subduction zones and the strength of subduction megathrust faults
Published in
Science, September 2015
DOI 10.1126/science.aac5625
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Authors

Jeanne L Hardebeck

Abstract

Subduction zone megathrust faults produce most of the world's largest earthquakes. Although the physical properties of these faults are difficult to observe directly, their frictional strength can be estimated indirectly by constraining the orientations of the stresses that act on them. A global investigation of stress orientations in subduction zones finds that the maximum compressive stress axis plunges systematically trenchward, consistently making an angle of 45° to 60° with respect to the subduction megathrust fault. These angles indicate that the megathrust fault is not substantially weaker than its surroundings. Together with several other lines of evidence, this implies that subduction zone megathrusts are weak faults in a low-stress environment. The deforming outer accretionary wedge may decouple the stress state along the megathrust from the constraints of the free surface.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 2 2%
Germany 1 <1%
Chile 1 <1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 126 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 37 28%
Researcher 32 24%
Student > Bachelor 9 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 7%
Professor > Associate Professor 9 7%
Other 15 11%
Unknown 22 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Earth and Planetary Sciences 81 61%
Neuroscience 8 6%
Physics and Astronomy 4 3%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 2%
Computer Science 2 2%
Other 8 6%
Unknown 28 21%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 62. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 July 2022.
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#586,572
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Outputs from Science
#13,151
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#8,692
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Outputs of similar age from Science
#321
of 1,216 outputs
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