The submarine fault scarp of the 2011 Tohoku-oki Earthquake in the Japan Trench

Abstract Rupture of the plate boundary fault during the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake with moment magnitude 9.0 is thought to have propagated to the trench. Surface exposure of the fault has not yet been confirmed because of great depths that are challenging to access and study. Using a manned submersi...

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Main Authors: Hayato Ueda, Hiroshi Kitazato, Alan Jamieson, Pressure Drop Ring of Fire Expedition 2022 Japan Cruise Leg2 science team
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-12-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01118-4