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Plate Boundary Locking

Plate Boundary Locking is a geophysical phenomenon in subduction zone tectonics characterized by the interseismic immobilization of adjacent tectonic plates along a fault interface, where frictional resistance prevents relative motion and leads to the accumulation of elastic strain.

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1.7K

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112

Authors

62

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2017–2026

4

Variants

Interseismic Coupling

Parents

Publications

25

Gradual unlocking of plate boundary controlled initiation of the 2014 Iquique earthquake

Bernd Schurr, Günter Asch, Sebastian Hainzl et al. · Nature · 2014 · 375 citations · Full text

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Evidence for large earthquakes at the Cascadia Subduction Zone

John J. Clague · Reviews of Geophysics · 1997 · 200 citations

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Heterogeneous plate locking in the South–Central Chile subduction zone: Building up the next great earthquake

Marcos Moreno, Daniel Melnick, Matthias Rosenau et al. · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2011 · 161 citations

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On the strength of interplate coupling and the rate of back arc convergence in the central Andes: An analysis of the interseismic velocity field

Michael Bevis, Eric Kendrick, R. Smalley et al. · Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems · 2001 · 119 citations

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Segmentation of plate coupling, fate of subduction fluids, and modes of arc magmatism in <scp>C</scp>ascadia, inferred from magnetotelluric resistivity

Philip E. Wannamaker, R. L. Evans, Paul A. Bedrosian et al. · Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems · 2014 · 106 citations · Full text

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Authors

112

  1. MM
    Marcos Moreno

    GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany

    3 publications · 571 citations

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  2. MB
    Michael Bevis

    The Ohio State University, United States

    2 publications · 280 citations

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  3. OO
    Onno Oncken

    GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany

    2 publications · 536 citations

    2

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  4. JC
    Juan Carlos Báez

    University of Chile, Chile

    2 publications · 196 citations

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  5. VK
    Vineet K. Gahalaut

    National Geophysical Research Institute, India

    2 publications · 77 citations

    2

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Institutions

62

  1. GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences

    Potsdam, Germany

    3 h-index

    20 publications

    5.9K citations

  2. University of Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    515 citations

  3. Institut de physique du globe de Paris

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    375 citations

  4. Akebono (Japan)

    Hanyū, Japan

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    26 citations

  5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    35 citations

  6. New Mexico State University

    Las Cruces, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  7. Geological Survey of Japan

    Tsukuba, Japan

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    28 citations

  8. Shikoku Research Institute

    Takamatsu, Japan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 4 publications · 225 citations

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  2. Earth and Planetary Science Letters

    4 publications · 230 citations

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  3. Earth Planets and Space

    4 publications · 85 citations

    4

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  4. Geophysical Research Letters

    3 publications · 123 citations

    3

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  5. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

    BSSA · 2 publications · 77 citations

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