The mechanism of partial rupture of a locked megathrust: The role of fault morphology

• Main Authors: Qiu, Qiang, Hill, Emma Mary, Barbot, Sylvain, Hubbard, Judith, Feng, Wanpeng, Lindsey, Eric Ostrom, Feng, Lujia, Dai, Keren, Samsonov, Sergey V., Tapponnier, Paul
• Other Authors: Earth Observatory of Singapore
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Earthquakes; Geophysics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80828; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42246
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Assessment of seismic hazard relies on estimates of how large an area of a tectonic fault could potentially rupture in a single earthquake. Vital information for these forecasts includes which areas of a fault are locked and how the fault is segmented. Much research has focused on exploring downdip...