@article {zheng_characterizing_2024,
	title = {Characterizing Sub-Seafloor Seismic Structure of the Alaska Peninsula Along the Alaska-Aleutian Subduction Zone},
	journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth},
	volume = {129},
	number = {11},
	year = {2024},
	note = {_eprint: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2024JB029862},
	pages = {e2024JB029862},
	abstract = {Abstract A shallow sub-seafloor seismic model that includes well-determined seismic velocities and clarifies sediment-crust discontinuities is needed to characterize the physical properties of marine sediments and the oceanic crust and to serve as a reference for deeper seismic modeling endeavors. This study estimates the seismic structure of marine sediments and the shallow oceanic crust of the Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone at the Alaska Peninsula, using data from the Alaska Amphibious Community Seismic Experiment (AACSE). We measure seafloor compliance and Ps converted wave delays from AACSE ocean-bottom seismometers (OBS) and seafloor pressure data and interpret these measurements using a joint Bayesian Monte Carlo inversion to produce a sub-seafloor S-wave velocity model beneath each available OBS station. The sediment thickness across the array varies considerably, ranging from about 50 m to 2.80 km, with the thickest sediment located in the continental slope. Lithological composition plays an important role in shaping the seismic properties of seafloor sediment. Deep-sea deposits on the incoming plate, which contain biogenic materials, tend to have reduced S-wave velocities, contrasting with the clay-rich sediments in the shallow continental shelf and continental slope. A difference in S-wave velocities is observed for upper oceanic crust formed at fast-rate (Shumagin) and intermediate-rate (Semidi) spreading centers. The reduced S-wave velocities in the Semidi crust may be caused by increased faulting and possible lithological variations, related to a previous period of intermediate-rate spreading.},
	keywords = {Alaska peninsula, seafloor compliance, sub-seafloor structure},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JB029862},
	author = {Zheng, Mengjie and Sheehan, Anne F. and Liu, Chuanming and Wu, Mengyu and Ritzwoller, Michael H.}
}
@article {iwasaki_continuous_2022,
	title = {Continuous Tremor Activity With Stable Polarization Direction Following the 2014 Large Slow Slip Event in the Hikurangi Subduction Margin Offshore New Zealand},
	journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth},
	volume = {127},
	number = {2},
	year = {2022},
	note = {_eprint: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2021JB022161},
	month = {11/2021},
	pages = {e2021JB022161},
	abstract = {Many types of slow earthquakes have been discovered at subduction zones around the world. However, the physical process of these slow earthquakes is not well understood. To monitor offshore slow earthquakes, a marine seismic and geodetic experiment was conducted at the Hikurangi subduction margin from May 2014 to June 2015. During this experiment, a large slow slip event (Mw 6.8) occurred directly beneath the ocean bottom seismometer (OBS) network. In this study, S-wave splitting and polarization analysis methods, which have been previously used on onshore data to investigate tremor and anisotropy, are applied to continuous OBS waveform data to identify tremors that are too small to detect by the envelope cross correlation method. Continuous tremor activity with stable polarization directions is detected at the end of the 2014 slow slip event and continued for about 2 weeks. The tremors are generated around a southwest bend in the slow slip contours and at the landward edge of a subducted seamount. Our findings corroborate a previous interpretation, based on burst-type repeating earthquakes and intermittent tremor, that localized slow slip and tremor around the seamount was triggered by fluid migration following the large plate boundary slow slip event and indicate tremor occurred continuously rather than as isolated and sporadic individual events.},
	keywords = {New Zealand, polarization, S-wave splitting, Seamount, slow slip, tremor},
	issn = {2169-9356},
	doi = {10.1029/2021JB022161},
	url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2021JB022161},
	author = {Iwasaki, Yuriko and Mochizuki, Kimihiro and Ishise, Motoko and Todd, Erin K. and Schwartz, Susan Y. and Zal, Hubert and Savage, Martha K. and Henrys, Stuart and Sheehan, Anne F. and Ito, Yoshihiro and Wallace, Laura M. and Webb, Spahr C. and Yamada, Tomoaki and Shinohara, Masanao}
}
@article {yang_character_2012,
	title = {The character of seafloor ambient noise recorded offshore New Zealand: Results from the MOANA ocean bottom seismic experiment},
	journal = {Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems},
	volume = {13},
	number = {10},
	year = {2012},
	note = {_eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2012GC004201},
	abstract = {{We analyze the characteristics of ambient noise recorded on ocean-bottom seismographs using data from the 2009{\textendash}2010 MOANA (Marine Observations of Anisotropy Near Aotearoa) seismic experiment deployed west and east of South Island, New Zealand. Microseism and infragravity noise peaks are clear on data recorded on the vertical channel of the seismometer and on the pressure sensor. The noise levels in the infragravity band (<0.03 Hz) on the horizontal seismometer channels are too high to show the infragravity peak. There is a small difference (\~{}0.25 Hz versus \~{}0.2 Hz) in microseism peak frequencies between the two sides of the South Island on all three seismic channels. Our results show clear depth dependence between the peak frequency of infragravity waves and the water depth. We find that the product of water depth and wave number at the peak frequency is a constant},
	keywords = {continental shelf, infragravity wave, New Zealand, noise, OBS},
	issn = {1525-2027},
	doi = {10.1029/2012GC004201},
	url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2012GC004201},
	author = {Yang, Zhaohui and Sheehan, Anne F. and Collins, John A. and Laske, Gabi}
}
