Aseismic slip and recent ruptures of persistent asperities along the Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone

Bin Zhao; Roland Bürgmann; Dongzhen Wang; Jian Zhang; Jiansheng Yu; Qi Li

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30883-7

Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Aseismic slip and recent ruptures of persistent asperities along the Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone

Bin Zhao,
Roland Bürgmann,
Dongzhen Wang,
Jian Zhang,
Jiansheng Yu,
Qi Li

Affiliations

Bin Zhao: Key Laboratory of Earthquake Geodesy, Institute of Seismology, China Earthquake Administration
Roland Bürgmann: Department of Earth and Planetary Science and Berkeley Seismology Lab, University of California
Dongzhen Wang: Department of Earth and Planetary Science and Berkeley Seismology Lab, University of California
Jian Zhang: Key Laboratory of Earthquake Geodesy, Institute of Seismology, China Earthquake Administration
Jiansheng Yu: Key Laboratory of Earthquake Geodesy, Institute of Seismology, China Earthquake Administration
Qi Li: Key Laboratory of Earthquake Geodesy, Institute of Seismology, China Earthquake Administration

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30883-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Physically plausible interseismic asperity models determined from GPS velocities suggest that the 2020 Mw 7.8 Simeonof and 2021 Mw 8.2 Chignik earthquakes ruptured distinct persistent asperities on the Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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