Lithologic control of frictional strength variations in subduction zone sediment inputs

Earthquake nucleation in weak subducted carbonates

(2016) Robert M. Kurzawski et al.   Nature Geoscience

Strength characteristics of Japan Trench borehole samples in the high-slip region of the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake

(2015) Matt J. Ikari et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Altered marine tephra deposits as potential slope failure planes?

(2015) Gauvain Wiemer et al.   GEO-MARINE LETTERS

Hydrogeological responses to incoming materials at the erosional subduction margin, offshore Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

(2015) Jun Kameda et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Pelagic smectite as an important factor in tsunamigenic slip along the Japan Trench

(2015) Jun Kameda et al.   GEOLOGY

Frictional properties of fault zone gouges from the J-FAST drilling project (Mw 9.0 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake)

(2015) F. Remitti et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Sediment provenance and controls on slip propagation: Lessons learned from the 2011 Tohoku and other great earthquakes of the subducting northwest Pacific plate

(2015) J. C. Moore et al.   Geosphere

Origin of a zone of anomalously high porosity in the subduction inputs to Nankai Trough

(2015) A. Hüpers et al.   MARINE GEOLOGY

Structure and lithology of the Japan Trench subduction plate boundary fault

(2015) James D. Kirkpatrick et al.   TECTONICS

Texture development in naturally compacted and experimentally deformed silty clay sediments from the Nankai Trench and Forearc, Japan

(2014) Kai Schumann et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS

Frictional properties of sediments entering the Costa Rica subduction zone offshore the Osa Peninsula: implications for fault slip in shallow subduction zones

(2014) Yuka Namiki et al.   EARTH PLANETS AND SPACE

Frictional properties of incoming pelagic sediments at the Japan Trench: implications for large slip at a shallow plate boundary during the 2011 Tohoku earthquake

(2014) Michiyo Sawai et al.   EARTH PLANETS AND SPACE

Strong sediments at the deformation front, and weak sediments at the rear of the Nankai accretionary prism, revealed by triaxial deformation experiments

(2013) Michael Stipp et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Shear strength of sediments approaching subduction in the Nankai Trough, Japan as constraints on forearc mechanics

(2013) Matt J. Ikari et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Experimental evidence linking slip instability with seafloor lithology and topography at the Costa Rica convergent margin

(2013) Matt J. Ikari et al.   GEOLOGY

Structure and Composition of the Plate-Boundary Slip Zone for the 2011 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake

(2013) F. M. Chester et al.   SCIENCE

Low Coseismic Shear Stress on the Tohoku-Oki Megathrust Determined from Laboratory Experiments

(2013) K. Ujiie et al.   SCIENCE

Low Coseismic Friction on the Tohoku-Oki Fault Determined from Temperature Measurements

(2013) P. M. Fulton et al.   SCIENCE

Effective strength of incoming sediments and its implications for plate boundary propagation: Nankai and Costa Rica as type examples of accreting vs. erosive convergent margins

(2013) Achim Kopf   TECTONOPHYSICS

A synthesis of heat flow determinations and thermal modeling along the Nankai Trough, Japan

(2013) Robert Harris et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH

The 5 September 2012 Nicoya, Costa RicaMw7.6 earthquake rupture process from joint inversion of high-rate GPS, strong-motion, and teleseismicPwave data and its relationship to adjacent plate boundary interface properties

(2013) Han Yue et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SOLID EARTH

Effects of smectite to illite transformation on the frictional strength and sliding stability of intact marine mudstones

(2012) Demian M. Saffer et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Hydrogeology and Mechanics of Subduction Zone Forearcs: Fluid Flow and Pore Pressure

(2011) Demian M. Saffer et al.   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Acoustic and mechanical properties of Nankai accretionary prism core samples

(2011) Hugues Raimbourg et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Slumping and mass transport deposition in the Nankai fore arc: Evidence from IODP drilling and 3-D reflection seismic data

(2011) Michael Strasser et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Comparison of frictional strength and velocity dependence between fault zones in the Nankai accretionary complex

(2011) Matt J. Ikari et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Frontal wedge deformation near the source region of the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake

(2011) Yoshihiro Ito et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Water and argon permeability of phyllosilicate powders under medium to high pressure

(2011) J. Behnsen et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Fault lubrication during earthquakes

(2011) G. Di Toro et al.   NATURE

Thermal regime of the Costa Rican convergent margin: 1. Along-strike variations in heat flow from probe measurements and estimated from bottom-simulating reflectors

(2010) Robert N. Harris et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Thermal regime of the Costa Rican convergent margin: 2. Thermal models of the shallow Middle America subduction zone offshore Costa Rica

(2010) Robert N. Harris et al.   GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Geologically current plate motions

(2010) Charles DeMets et al.   GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

Geodetic imaging of plate motions, slip rates, and partitioning of deformation in Japan

(2010) John P. Loveless et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Importance of volcanic glass alteration to sediment stabilization: offshore Japan

(2010) RUSSELL J. WHITE et al.   SEDIMENTOLOGY

Elevated fluid pressure and extreme mechanical weakness of a plate boundary thrust, Nankai Trough subduction zone

(2009) H. J. Tobin et al.   GEOLOGY

Frictional and hydrologic properties of clay-rich fault gouge

(2009) Matt J. Ikari et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Pore pressure development beneath the décollement at the Nankai subduction zone: Implications for plate boundary fault strength and sediment dewatering

(2009) Robert M. Skarbek et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Evaluation of factors controlling smectite transformation and fluid production in subduction zones: Application to the Nankai Trough

(2008) Demian M. Saffer et al.   ISLAND ARC

Strength, porosity, and permeability development during hydrostatic and shear loading of synthetic quartz-clay fault gouge

(2008) B. R. Crawford et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH