dc.contributor.author | Meade, Brendan J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Loveless, Jack | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-10-22T18:57:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Meade, Brendan J., and John P. Loveless. 2009. Predicting the geodetic signature of MW ≥ 8 slow slip events. Geophysical Research Letters 36(L01306): 1-5. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0094-8276 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:3354162 | |
dc.description.abstract | Elastic dislocation models of geodetic measurements above subduction zones have led to the identification of MW ≈ 6.0–7.2 slow slip events (SSEs) that release elastic strain over periods of days to months, but great (MW ≥ 8) SSEs have remained unidentified. We extrapolate observations of SSE duration and slip magnitude to show that slip velocity decreases with event magnitude and predict that the slip velocity of MW ≥ 8 SSEs is ≤50 mm/yr. The slip velocity for great SSEs may never exceed the plate convergence rate and thus never produce a reversal in trench perpendicular motion. Instead, geodetically constrained estimates of apparent partial elastic coupling on subduction zone interfaces worldwide may be direct observations of ongoing MW ≥ 8 silent earthquakes with durations of decades to centuries. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Earth and Planetary Sciences | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | American Geophysical Union | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2008GL036364 | en_US |
dash.license | META_ONLY | |
dc.title | Predicting the Geodetic Signature of Mw ≥ 8 Slow Slip Events | en_US |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_US |
dc.description.version | Version of Record | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | Geophysical Research Letters | en_US |
dash.depositing.author | Meade, Brendan J. | |
dash.embargo.until | 10000-01-01 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1029/2008GL036364 | * |
dash.contributor.affiliated | Meade, Brendan | |
dash.contributor.affiliated | Loveless, Jack | |