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Title

The seismogenic zone of subduction thrust faults / edited by Timothy H. Dixon and J. Casey Moore.

Publication

New York : Columbia University Press, [2007], ©2007.

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Additional Authors

• Dixon, Timothy H.
• Moore, J. Casey, 1945-

Description

ix, 680 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 26 cm.

Series Statement

MARGINS theoretical and experimental earth science series

Uniform Title

MARGINS theoretical and experimental earth science series.

Subjects

• Subduction zones
• Earthquake prediction
• Thrust faults (Geology)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Pt. I. Introduction -- 1. The seismogenic zone of subduction thrust faults : introduction / Timothy H. Dixon and J. Casey Moore -- 2. The seismogenic zone of subduction thrust faults : what we know and don't know / R. D. Hyndman -- Pt. II. The incoming plate -- 3. Sediment inputs to subduction zones : why lithostratigraphy and clay mineralogy matter / Michael B. Underwood -- 4. The thermal state of 18-24 Ma upper lithosphere subducting below the Nicoya Peninsula, Northern Costa Rica Margin / M. Hutnak, A. T. Fisher, C. A. Stein, R. Harris, K. Wang, E. Silver, G. Spinelli, M. Pfender, H. Villinger, R. MacKnight, P. Costa Pisani, H. DeShon and C. Diamente -- 5. Influence of subducting topography on earthquake rupture / Susan L. Bilek -- Pt. III. Convergent margin structure, fluids and subduction thrust evolution -- 6. Pore pressure and fluid flow in the Northern Barbados accretionary complex : a synthesis / Barbara A. Bekins and Elizabeth J. Screaton -- 7. Pore pressure within underthrust sediment in subduction zones / Demian M. Saffer -- 8. Deformation and mechanical strength of sediments at the Nankai subduction zone : implications for prism evolution and decollement initiation and propagation / Julia K. Morgan, Elizabeth B. Sunderland, ne E. Blanche Ramsey and Maria V. S. Ask -- 9. The Nicaragua convergent margin : seismic reflection imaging of the source of a tsunami earthquake / Kirk D. McIntosh, Eli A. Silver, Imtiaz Ahmed, Arnim Berhorst, Cesar R. Ranero, Robyn K. Kelly and Ernst R. Flueh -- 10. How accretionary prisms elucidate seismogenesis in subduction zones / J. Casey Moore, Christie Rowe and Francesca Meneghini -- Pt. IV. Laboratory studies -- 11. Friction of the smectite clay montmorillonite : a review and interpretation of data / Diane E. Moore and David A. Lockner -- 12. Fault friction and the upper transition from seismic to aseismic faulting / Chris Marone and Demian M. Saffer -- 13. Laboratory-observed faulting in intrinsically and apparently weak materials : strength, seismic coupling, dilatancy, and pore-fluid pressure / N. M. Beeler -- Pt. V. Seismic and geodetic studies -- 14. Asperities and quasi-static slips on the subducting plate boundary East of Tohoku, Northeast Japan / Akira Hasegawa, Naoki Uchida, Toshihiro Igarashi, Toru Matsuzawa, Tomomi Okada, Satoshi Miura and Yoko Suwa -- 15. Anomalous earthquake ruptures at shallow depths on subduction zone megathrusts / Thorne Lay and Susan Bilek -- 16. Secular, transient and seasonal crustal movements in Japan from a dense GPS array : implication for plate dynamics in convergent boundaries / Kosuke Heki -- 17. Elastic and viscoelastic models of crustal deformation in subduction earthquake cycles / Kelin Wang -- 18. Distinct updip limits to geodetic locking and microseismicity at the Northern Costa Rica seismogenic zone : evidence for two mechanical transitions / Susan Y. Schwartz and Heather R. DeShon -- Pt. VI. Regional scale deformation -- 19. Collision versus subduction : from a viewpoint of slab dehydration / Tetsuzo Seno -- 20. Subduction and mountain building in the Central Andes / Jonas Kley and Tim Vietor.

ISBN

• 0231138660 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780231138666 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

2006101332

OCLC

• ocm76961352
• 76961352
• SCSB-5365208

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries