Slab-derived fluid storage in the crust elucidated by earthquake swarm

Yusuke Mukuhira; Masaoki Uno; Keisuke Yoshida

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00610-7

Communications Earth & Environment (Nov 2022)

Slab-derived fluid storage in the crust elucidated by earthquake swarm

Yusuke Mukuhira,
Masaoki Uno,
Keisuke Yoshida

Affiliations

Yusuke Mukuhira: Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University
Masaoki Uno: Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University
Keisuke Yoshida: Research Center for Prediction of Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions, Tohoku University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00610-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The volume of slab-derived fluid which resulted in the earthquake swarm associated with the 2011 Mw 9.1 Tohoku earthquake is quantified by comparison of injection-induced seismicity with geological proxies.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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