Recent geodynamics of the Kuril subduction zone
- Authors: Prytkov A.S.1, Vasilenko N.F.1, Frolov D.I.2
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Affiliations:
- Institute of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Far East Branch
- Ioffe Institute
- Issue: Vol 11, No 1 (2017)
- Pages: 19-24
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1819-7140/article/view/211188
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1819714017010067
- ID: 211188
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Abstract
The collected GPS/GLONASS data allow us to reveal new information on the recent geodynamics of the Kuril Island arc. The maximum deformation stress accumulates in the southern and northern parts of the study area, while a long fading transition process of postseismic motions is observed in the central segment of the Kuril arc as a result of the 2006–2007 great Simushir earthquakes of Mw = 8.3 and Mw = 8.1. We have succeeded in revealing the recent interplate coupling geometry of the Pacific and the North American lithospheric plates and also in estimating the seismic potential of different segments of the Kuril subduction zone.
About the authors
A. S. Prytkov
Institute of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Far East Branch
Author for correspondence.
Email: nauka@imgg.ru
Russian Federation, ul. Nauki 1B, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 693022
N. F. Vasilenko
Institute of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Far East Branch
Email: nauka@imgg.ru
Russian Federation, ul. Nauki 1B, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 693022
D. I. Frolov
Ioffe Institute
Email: nauka@imgg.ru
Russian Federation, ul. Politekhnicheskaya 26, Saint Petersburg, 194021