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Multiscale Seismic Tomography

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We review seismic tomography studies of source areas of large crustal earthquakes, megathrust earthquakes, intraslab earthquakes, and deep earthquakes to understand the seismogenesis and seismotectonics. It is found that structural heterogeneities in the crust and upper mantle strongly affect or control the generation of large and small earthquakes in various tectonic settings. In particular, fluids and magmas play an important role in the nucleation of large earthquakes. Fault, Force (stress) and Fluid (3F) are three key elements in earthquake generation. These studies indicate that seismic tomography is an important and effective tool for studying earthquakes and seismotectonics.

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Zhao, D. (2015). Large Earthquakes and Seismotectonics. In: Multiscale Seismic Tomography. Springer Geophysics. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55360-1_4

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