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Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Deformation Through the Seismic Cycle
Jeff FreymuellerUniversity of Alaska Fairbanks
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Outline
• A very simple earthquake cycle model• Some complications we think we understand
(sort of)• A complication we don’t understand• Summary of questions
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A Simple “Earthquake Cycle” Model• Based on the 1D spring-slider analogue model• Two “modes”: interseismic and coseismic• Between earthquakes (interseismic):– Shallow fault is locked– Deeper fault is creeping at long-term slip rate– Stress builds up: elastic strain energy stored in crust
• During earthquake, shallow fault slips– Stress on fault reduced
• Cycle repeats forever
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Deformation At Subduction Zone
Horizontal
Vertical
Trench-normal distance (km)
Vertical
Backslip model (Savage, 1983)– Shallow part of fault slips
only in earthquakes– Deeper part slips steadily at
long-term rate– Superposition of steady slip
on entire interface and backslip (slip deficit)
– Earth deforms as elastic body
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Along-Strike Variation
Trench
relativeplate
motion
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Example: Alaska Peninsula
SW arc translation of 4 mm/yr
Updip limit is poorly constrained by land-based data
But, moment rate deficit is well constrained
Subduction strain
Measured
vel.
What is the Arc velocity?
Cross and Freymueller (2008)
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Some Complications We Think We Understand (sort of)
• Postseismic deformation– Afterslip (on the plate interface)– Viscoelastic relaxation (in mantle wedge)
• Along-strike variations– Extent of slip deficit varies along strike: why?
• Slow slip events– The locked to creeping transition is dynamic
• Common theme: slip along interface varies with time – not just interseismic + coseismic.
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Postseismic Deformation• Large and great earthquakes cause
postseismic deformation, mostly due to:– Afterslip/focused shear on the plate interface– Viscoelastic relaxation within mantle wedge
• But variable from earthquake to earthquake
Wang et al. (2007)
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Q– Why are the amounts of afterslip and viscoelastic relaxation so variable?Earthquake Afterslip Viscoelastic Relaxation
1960 Chile (M9.5) ?? Large, lasted for decades
1964 Alaska (M9.3) ~6 meters (25-30% of coseismic), decades
Large, lasted for decades
2004 Sumatra-Andaman (M9.2)
Large, lasting > several years
Large, lasting > several years
2005 Sumatra (M8.7) Large, both updip and downdip
Clearly present in far-field data
1995 Antofagasta (M8.1) Small, gone within ~3 years None?
2007 Kurils (M 8.1) Ended within 0.5 year Large, will last ~ decade
1994 Sanriku (M 7.7) Equal to coseismic minimal
We have not been successful in making advance predictions of postseismic deformation following large or great earthquakes.
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Along-Strike Variations are Nearly Ubiquitous
Interseismic contour: Suwa et al. (2006)Coseismic slip patches (Yamanaka and Kikuchi, 2002)
NE JapanHikurangi
McCaffrey et al. (2008)
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Along-Strike Variations are Nearly Ubiquitous
Freymueller et al. (2008)
Q– What controls along-strike variations in the extent of slip deficit?
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Slow Slip and Downdip Transition
• The downdip end of the seismogenic zone is particularly dynamic.
• Slow slip events of various sizes observed in Cascadia, Alaska, Mexico, Japan, Costa Rica, ….– Durations of weeks to a few years
• Q– What is the relationship of slow slip to the generation of tremor?
• Q– How do variations in the slip rate affect overall slip budget?
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Is Slip Confined to Region of Tremor?
Melbourne Similar results from Schmidt and Krogstad Delbridge and Houston
Slide from Heidi Houston, UW
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A Complication We Don’t Understand
Suito and Freymueller (2009)
Slow Slip Event
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Significant Velocity Change
Black: 2004 to presentWhite: mostly pre-2004
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Significant Velocity Change
Black: 2004 to presentWhite: mostly pre-2004
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Change in Width of Locked Zone
Data corrected for 1964 postseismic deformation using Suito and Freymueller [2009]
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Interpretations/Speculations• A sizable patch on the plate interface that had
been creeping abruptly locked?– A long-lived (9+ year) slow slip event came to an
end?• Pattern of postseismic deformation abruptly
changed?• Any of these explanations require some kind
of “mode switching” behavior– Could the Denali earthquake stress change + ~2
years of postseismic deformation been the trigger?
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Accumulated Questions• How does deformation across the subduction plate
boundary evolve in space and time?• Why are the amounts of afterslip and viscoelastic
relaxation so variable?• What controls along-strike variations in the extent of slip
deficit?• What is the relationship of slow slip to the generation of
tremor?– And how to explain subduction zones with slip but no tremor?
• How do variations in the slip rate affect overall slip budget?
• What further dynamics will be observed at the locked to creeping transitions at subduction zones?