Variations in mantle lithosphere buoyancy reveal seismogenic behavior in the Sunda-Andaman subduction zone
| العنوان: | Variations in mantle lithosphere buoyancy reveal seismogenic behavior in the Sunda-Andaman subduction zone |
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| المؤلفون: | Shu Kun Hsu, Wen Nan Wu, Wen Bin Doo, Hsueh Fen Wang, Chung Liang Lo, Hao Kuo-Chen, Yin Sheng Huang |
| المصدر: | Geophysical Journal International. |
| بيانات النشر: | Oxford University Press (OUP), 2019. |
| سنة النشر: | 2019 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Geophysics, Buoyancy, Subduction, Geochemistry and Petrology, Lithosphere, Seismotectonics, engineering, engineering.material, Petrology, Geology, Mantle (geology) |
| الوصف: | Summary The distribution of historic earthquakes in the Sumatra subduction zone reveals, in the fore-arc region, the intense seismic activity and frequent occurrences of Mw > 8 earthquakes throughout the whole area. In contrast, the neighboring region has less dense seismicity, and no large earthquake greater than Mw8 has been observed in the Java subduction zone. Such different seismic behaviors may be due to distinct degrees of the stress accumulation and release. In this study, the strength of plate coupling inferred from mantle lithosphere buoyancy (Hm) estimation is used to explain the seismogenic behavior in the Sunda-Andaman subduction zone. Strong and weak plate coupling status are obtained in the Sumatra and Java subduction zones, respectively. These results can explain the significant differences in seismogenic behaviors in the Sunda-Andaman subduction zone. In assessing the global implications of this finding, we observe that uplifted serpentinized fore-arc mantle peridotite is the critical phenomenon in weak plate coupling cases and leads to a limit on the width of the coupling zone. Strong plate coupling can cause a relatively low gravity anomaly as well as a negative trench-parallel gravity anomaly (TPGA) in the fore-arc regions and correlates well with the occurrence of large earthquakes, whereas weak plate coupling can cause a positive TPGA and constrain the potential occurrence of large earthquakes. |
| تدمد: | 1365-246X 0956-540X |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::f0b0b3d4fe75de472e022e03c00f6b4a https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggz502 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi...........f0b0b3d4fe75de472e022e03c00f6b4a |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 1365246X 0956540X |
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