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Fournier & Freymueller 2007
Fournier, T.J. and Freymueller, J.T. (2007). Transition from locked to creeping subduction in the Shumagin region, Alaska. Geophysical Research Letters 34: doi: 10.1029/2006GL029073. issn: 0094-8276.

GPS velocities from the Alaska Peninsula are modeled to determine the extent of locking on the Alaska-Aleutian subduction interface. The observations, which span from the Semidi Islands to Sanak Island, encompass the 1938, M w 8.3, rupture zone and the transition into the Shumagin gap. Model parameters are optimized using a simulated annealing method. Coupling variation along strike of the plate interface show a nearly fully locked (90%) subduction zone at the Semidi Islands, decreasing to about 30% locked at the Shumagin Islands, and freely slipping to the west of the Shumagins. Independent rupture of the Shumagin segment could produce repeated M w 7.6 earthquakes, unless a significant fraction of the slip on the interface occurs as afterslip following large earthquakes. Southwest directed velocities at most of the sites may be attributed to clockwise rotation of a Bering block.

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Keywords
Geodesy and Gravity, Seismic cycle related deformations (6924, 7209, 7223, 7230), Geodesy and Gravity, Space geodetic surveys, Seismology, Subduction zones (1207, 1219, 1240)
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Geophysical Research Letters
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