Spatial and Temporal Stress Variations in the Outer Rise and Subduction Zone Dynamics

早期一篇关于外升地震的研究论文 （事件发生在下行的海洋板块附近， 测深海沟轴线）提出了监测的可能性 俯冲边界的应力水平。 收效 引起了许多地震学家的兴趣。 本研究 将通过扩展地震分析来继续这项工作 小型活动的协调机制，并将其与 地震发生的时空变化。 因为监测沿着俯冲边界的应力水平 关联度是衡量地震发生概率的一种方法 在该区域，这项研究直接应用于 国家地震减灾计划。

An earlier paper from this research on outer-rise earthquakes (events occurring within the downgoing oceanic plate near the bathymetric trench axis) suggested a possibility of monitoring stress level on subduction boundaries. The results have stimulated the interest of many seismologists. This research will continue the work by extending the analysis of earthquake focal mechanisms to smaller events and relating them to the spatial and temporal variations of earthquake occurrence. Because monitoring stress level along subduction boundaries relates is a measure of the probability of earthquake occurrence in that region, the research has direct application to the National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program.