Title |
Slab2, a comprehensive subduction zone geometry model
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Published in |
Science, August 2018
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DOI | 10.1126/science.aat4723 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Gavin P Hayes, Ginevra L Moore, Daniel E Portner, Mike Hearne, Hanna Flamme, Maria Furtney, Gregory M Smoczyk |
Abstract |
Subduction zones are home to the most seismically active faults on the planet. The shallow megathrust interfaces of subduction zones host our largest earthquakes and are likely the only faults capable of magnitude 9+ ruptures. Despite these facts, our knowledge of subduction zone geometry-which likely plays a key role in determining the spatial extent and ultimately the size of subduction zone earthquakes-is incomplete. We calculated the three-dimensional geometries of all seismically active global subduction zones. The resulting model, called Slab2, provides a uniform geometrical analysis of all currently subducting slabs. |
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