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Testing spatial correlation of subduction interplate coupling and forearc morpho-tectonics

Creator:

Kaye, Grant David

Abstract:

The two largest earthquakes ever recorded, the 1964 M[subscript w] 9.2 Alaskan and 1960 M[subscript w] 9.5 Chilean, occurred on seismogenic plate interfaces at subduction zones. It has been theorized that the catastrophic failure of a locked zone along the contact between the downgoing slab and the upper plate causes...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

researchers to explore the various processes at work in subduction zones S. Chile (1960 Java\ around the