Slab1.0: A three-dimensional model of global subduction zone geometries

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth Vol. 117; no. B1
• Main Authors: Hayes, Gavin P., Wald, David J., Johnson, Rebecca L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2012; American Geophysical Union
• Subjects: 3D geometry; Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Earthquakes; Exact sciences and technology; Geophysics; Plate tectonics; Seismic activity; Seismic hazard; seismogenesis; seismogenic zone; Seismology; Slab1.0; subduction zones; Weather hazards; inverse problem; extension; interfaces; strike; seismology; focus; global; Thick plate; earthquakes; subduction; interpolation; three-dimensional models; thrust; mantle; subduction zones; geometry; data bases; uncertainties; slabs; trenches

We describe and present a new model of global subduction zone geometries, called Slab1.0. An extension of previous efforts to constrain the two‐dimensional non‐planar geometry of subduction zones around the focus of large earthquakes, Slab1.0 describes the detailed, non‐planar, three‐dimensional geo...