scholarly journals Three-dimensional dislocation model for great earthquakes of the Cascadia Subduction Zone

1997 ◽  
Vol 102 (B9) ◽  
pp. 20539-20550 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Flück ◽  
R. D. Hyndman ◽  
K. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Subduction Zone ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Cascadia Subduction Zone ◽  
Dislocation Model ◽  
Great Earthquakes

Simulation of Tsunamis from Great Earthquakes on the Cascadia Subduction Zone

Science ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 250 (4985) ◽  
pp. 1248-1251 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. K.-F. Ng ◽  
P. H. Leblond ◽  
T. S. Murty
Keyword(s):  
Subduction Zone ◽  
Cascadia Subduction Zone ◽  
Great Earthquakes

Confidence levels for tsunami-inundation limits in northern Oregon inferred from a 10,000-year history of great earthquakes at the Cascadia subduction zone

2009 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
George R. Priest ◽  
Chris Goldfinger ◽  
Kelin Wang ◽  
Robert C. Witter ◽  
Yinglong Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Subduction Zone ◽  
Cascadia Subduction Zone ◽  
Tsunami Inundation ◽  
Confidence Levels ◽  
Great Earthquakes ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals Fluid Transport and Storage in the Cascadia Forearc inferred from Magnetotelluric Data

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary Egbert ◽  
Bo Yang ◽  
Paul A. Bedrosian ◽  
Kerry Key ◽  
Dean Livelybrooks ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Subduction Zone ◽  
Fluid Transport ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Oceanic Lithosphere ◽  
Cascadia Subduction Zone ◽  
Plate Interface ◽  
Magnetotelluric Data ◽  
And Storage

Abstract Subduction of hydrated oceanic lithosphere can carry water deep into the Earth, with important consequences for a range of tectonic and magmatic processes. Most fluid is released at relatively shallow depths in the forearc where it is thought to play a critical role in controlling mechanical properties and seismic behavior of the subduction megathrust. Here we present results from three-dimensional inversion of nearly 400 long-period magnetotelluric sites, including 64 offshore, to provide new insights into the distribution of fluids in the forearc of the Cascadia subduction zone. Our amphibious dataset provides new constraints on the geometry of the electrically resistive Siletzia terrane, a thickened section of oceanic crust accreted to North America in the Eocene, and the conductive accretionary complex, which is being underthrust all along the margin. Fluids accumulate, over time-scales likely exceeding 1 My, above the plate interface in metasedimentary units, while the mafic rocks of Siletzia remain dry. Fluids in metasediments tend to peak at fixed slab-depths of 17.5 and 30 km, suggesting control by metamorphic processes, but also concentrate around the edges of Siletzia, suggesting that this mafic block is impermeable, with dehydration fluids escaping up-dip along the megathrust. Our results demonstrate that lithology of the overriding crust can play a critical role in controlling fluid transport and sequestration in a subduction zone, with potentially important implications for mechanical properties.

Tsunami history of an Oregon coastal lake reveals a 4600 yr record of great earthquakes on the Cascadia subduction zone

2005 ◽  
Vol 117 (7) ◽  
pp. 1009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harvey M. Kelsey ◽  
Alan R. Nelson ◽  
Eileen Hemphill-Haley ◽  
Robert C. Witter
Keyword(s):  
Subduction Zone ◽  
Cascadia Subduction Zone ◽  
Coastal Lake ◽  
Great Earthquakes ◽  
History Of

Great earthquakes of variable magnitude at the Cascadia subduction zone

2006 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 354-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan R. Nelson ◽  
Harvey M. Kelsey ◽  
Robert C. Witter
Keyword(s):  
Subduction Zone ◽  
Plate Boundary ◽  
Conclusive Evidence ◽  
Cascadia Subduction Zone ◽  
Radiocarbon Age ◽  
Rupture Length ◽  
Great Earthquakes ◽  
Varying Length ◽  
Recurrence Intervals ◽  
Coseismic Subsidence

AbstractComparison of histories of great earthquakes and accompanying tsunamis at eight coastal sites suggests plate-boundary ruptures of varying length, implying great earthquakes of variable magnitude at the Cascadia subduction zone. Inference of rupture length relies on degree of overlap on radiocarbon age ranges for earthquakes and tsunamis, and relative amounts of coseismic subsidence and heights of tsunamis. Written records of a tsunami in Japan provide the most conclusive evidence for rupture of much of the plate boundary during the earthquake of 26 January 1700. Cascadia stratigraphic evidence dating from about 1600 cal yr B.P., similar to that for the 1700 earthquake, implies a similarly long rupture with substantial subsidence and a high tsunami. Correlations are consistent with other long ruptures about 1350 cal yr B.P., 2500 cal yr B.P., 3400 cal yr B.P., 3800 cal yr B.P., 4400 cal yr B.P., and 4900 cal yr B.P. A rupture about 700–1100 cal yr B.P. was limited to the northern and central parts of the subduction zone, and a northern rupture about 2900 cal yr B.P. may have been similarly limited. Times of probable short ruptures in southern Cascadia include about 1100 cal yr B.P., 1700 cal yr B.P., 3200 cal yr B.P., 4200 cal yr B.P., 4600 cal yr B.P., and 4700 cal yr B.P. Rupture patterns suggest that the plate boundary in northern Cascadia usually breaks in long ruptures during the greatest earthquakes. Ruptures in southernmost Cascadia vary in length and recurrence intervals more than ruptures in northern Cascadia.

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