Mechanics of slow earthquake phenomena: an Integrated perspective from the Composition, geometry, And rheology of plate boundary faults

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (15)

Sources and Effects of Fluids in Continental Retrograde Shear Zones: Insights from the Kuckaus Mylonite Zone, Namibia

Author(s): C. A. Stenvall, A. Fagereng, J. F. A. Diener, C. Harris, P. E. Janney
Published in: Geofluids, Issue 2020, 2020, Page(s) 1-21, ISSN 1468-8115
DOI: 10.1155/2020/3023268

Mixed Brittle and Viscous Strain Localization in Pelagic Sediments Seaward of the Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand

Author(s): Harold Leah, Åke Fagereng, Francesca Meneghini, Julia K. Morgan, Heather M. Savage, Maomao Wang, Rebecca Bell, Matt J. Ikari
Published in: Tectonics, Issue 39/8, 2020, Page(s) e2019TC005965, ISSN 0278-7407
DOI: 10.1029/2019tc005965

Low‐Temperature Frictional Characteristics of Chlorite‐Epidote‐Amphibole Assemblages: Implications for Strength and Seismic Style of Retrograde Fault Zones

Author(s): Åke Fagereng, Matt J. Ikari
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Issue 125/4, 2020, Page(s) e2020JB019487, ISSN 2169-9313
DOI: 10.1029/2020jb019487

Controls on Early-Rift Geometry: New Perspectives From the Bilila-Mtakataka Fault, Malawi

Author(s): M. Hodge, Å. Fagereng, J. Biggs, H. Mdala
Published in: Geophysical Research Letters, Issue 45/9, 2018, Page(s) 3896-3905, ISSN 0094-8276
DOI: 10.1029/2018gl077343

Quartz vein formation by local dehydration embrittlement along the deep, tremorgenic subduction thrust interface

Author(s): Åke Fagereng, Johann F.A. Diener, Francesca Meneghini, Chris Harris, Ada Kvadsheim
Published in: Geology, Issue 46/1, 2017, Page(s) 67-70, ISSN 0091-7613
DOI: 10.1130/G39649.1

An Explanation of Episodic Tremor and Slow Slip Constrained by Crack-Seal Veins and Viscous Shear in Subduction Mélange

Author(s): Kohtaro Ujiie, Hanae Saishu, Åke Fagereng, Naoki Nishiyama, Makoto Otsubo, Haruna Masuyama, Hiroyuki Kagi
Published in: Geophysical Research Letters, Issue 45/11, 2018, Page(s) 5371-5379, ISSN 0094-8276
DOI: 10.1029/2018GL078374

New perspectives on ‘geological strain rates’ calculated from both naturally deformed and actively deforming rocks

Author(s): Åke Fagereng, Juliet Biggs
Published in: Journal of Structural Geology, Issue 125, 2019, Page(s) 100-110, ISSN 0191-8141
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2018.10.004

Strength of Strained Two‐Phase Mixtures: Application to Rapid Creep and Stress Amplification in Subduction Zone Mélange

Author(s): Adam Beall, Åke Fagereng, Susan Ellis
Published in: Geophysical Research Letters, Issue 46/1, 2019, Page(s) 169-178, ISSN 0094-8276
DOI: 10.1029/2018gl081252

The contemporary force balance in a wide accretionary wedge: numerical models of the southcentral Hikurangi margin of New Zealand

Author(s): Susan Ellis, Francesca Ghisetti, Philip M Barnes, Carolyn Boulton, Åke Fagereng, Susanne Buiter
Published in: Geophysical Journal International, Issue 219/2, 2019, Page(s) 776-795, ISSN 0956-540X
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggz317

Lower crustal earthquakes in the East African Rift System: Insights from frictional properties of rock samples from the Malawi rift

Author(s): Nina Hellebrekers, André R. Niemeijer, Åke Fagereng, Blackwell Manda, Richard L.S. Mvula
Published in: Tectonophysics, Issue 767, 2019, Page(s) 228167, ISSN 0040-1951
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2019.228167

Weaker Than Weakest: On the Strength of Shear Zones

Author(s): Christian A. Stenvall, Åke Fagereng, Johann F. A. Diener
Published in: Geophysical Research Letters, Issue 46/13, 2019, Page(s) 7404-7413, ISSN 0094-8276
DOI: 10.1029/2019gl083388

Mixed deformation styles observed on a shallow subduction thrust, Hikurangi margin, New Zealand

Author(s): Å. Fagereng, H.M. Savage, J.K. Morgan, M. Wang, F. Meneghini, P.M. Barnes, R. Bell, H. Kitajima, D.D. McNamara, D.M. Saffer, L.M. Wallace, K. Petronotis, L. LeVay
Published in: Geology, Issue 47/9, 2019, Page(s) 872-876, ISSN 0091-7613
DOI: 10.1130/g46367.1

Fracture and Weakening of Jammed Subduction Shear Zones, Leading to the Generation of Slow Slip Events

Author(s): Adam Beall, Åke Fagereng, Susan Ellis
Published in: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Issue 20/11, 2019, Page(s) 4869-4884, ISSN 1525-2027
DOI: 10.1029/2019gc008481

Slow slip source characterized by lithological and geometric heterogeneity

Author(s): Philip M. Barnes, Laura M. Wallace, Demian M. Saffer, Rebecca E. Bell, Michael B. Underwood, Ake Fagereng, Francesca Meneghini, Heather M. Savage, Hannah S. Rabinowitz, Julia K. Morgan, Hiroko Kitajima, Steffen Kutterolf, Yoshitaka Hashimoto, Christie H. Engelmann de Oliveira, Atsushi Noda, Martin P. Crundwell, Claire L. Shepherd, Adam D. Woodhouse, Robert N. Harris, Maomao Wang, Stuart Henrys, Da
Published in: Science Advances, Issue 6/13, 2020, Page(s) eaay3314, ISSN 2375-2548
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay3314

Hydrous oceanic crust hosts megathrust creep at low shear stresses

Author(s): Christopher J. Tulley, Åke Fagereng, Kohtaro Ujiie
Published in: Science Advances, Issue 6/22, 2020, Page(s) eaba1529, ISSN 2375-2548
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba1529

Book chapters (2)

Fluid-related deformation processes at the up- and downdip limits of the subduction thrust seismogenic zone: What do the rocks tell us?

Author(s): Ake Fagereng, Johann F. A. Diener, Susan Ellis, Francesca Remitti
Published in: Geology and Tectonics of Subduction Zones: A Tribute to Gaku Kimura, Issue Geological Society of America Special Paper 534, 2018, Page(s) 187-215
DOI: 10.1130/2018.2534(12)

On Seismicity and Structural Style of Oceanic Transform Faults: A Field Geological Perspective From the Troodos Ophiolite, Cyprus

Author(s): Åke Fagereng, Christopher J. MacLeod
Published in: Transform Plate Boundaries and Fracture Zones, 2019, Page(s) 437-459
DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-812064-4.00018-9