Fig. 2: Maximum shear stress (τmax) from finite-element models for the Iwaki (left) and Sendai (right) transects. | Communications Earth & Environment

Fig. 2: Maximum shear stress (τmax) from finite-element models for the Iwaki (left) and Sendai (right) transects.

From: Earthquake stress-drop values delineate spatial variations in maximum shear stress in the Japanese forearc lithosphere

Fig. 2

Modeled τmax 1 day (top row), 6 months (middle row) and 12 months (bottom row) after the Tohoku-Oki earthquake. Viscoelastic stress relaxation leads to temporal changes in τmax. The dashed line indicates the crust-mantle boundary. Note that the stress contrast along the Sendai transect at ~250 km from the trench results from a change in material parameters in the model that would likely be more gradual in nature. See Fig. 1 for location of transects.

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