@article {boulahanis_structure_2022,
	title = {Structure and Evolution of Northern Juan de Fuca Crust and Uppermost Mantle Over the Last 8 Ma From an Active-Source Seismic Tomography Study},
	journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth},
	volume = {127},
	number = {9},
	year = {2022},
	note = {_eprint: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2022JB023987},
	month = {08/2022},
	pages = {e2022JB023987},
	abstract = {We present results from a two-dimensional wide-angle controlled source seismic transect designed to characterize the velocity structure of the oceanic crust and uppermost mantle spanning the northern Juan de Fuca (JdF) plate from near Endeavor ridge to the Cascadia margin. Reflection and refraction travel time inversion is used to derive a tomographic Vp model of sediments, crust, and upper mantle. Velocity model results are compared to baseline reference Vp values for unaltered crustal and upper mantle rocks at temperatures assuming plate cooling. Effective medium theory is used to infer the degree of hydration of the crust and mantle. Results indicate a somewhat fractured and hydrated upper crust (<=2.5 wt\% water), a near dry lower crust (<=0.7 wt\%) and upper mantle (<=0.5 wt\%) west of the deformation front, and an \~{}75 km wide region of modestly lower velocity in the mid-plate. Comparison with prior results from a complementary transect offshore Oregon indicates significant differences in Vp of the upper crust, with lower Vp-inferred porosity along most of the Washington transects that may reflect different extents of fault-related alteration and sediment burial histories. Approaching the deformation front, Washington transect Vp structure indicates dryer conditions than offshore Oregon, consistent with differences in extent of subduction bend faulting found in reflection imaging studies. On both transects, quasi-abrupt changes in plate properties at ages of 8, 6, and 3.4/4 Ma are found. Distinct crustal accretion modes are recognized, aligning with changes in JdF plate motion and recent history of Cobb-Eickelberg hotspot influence on crustal accretion at the JdF ridge.},
	issn = {2169-9356},
	doi = {10.1029/2022JB023987},
	url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2022JB023987},
	author = {Boulahanis, Bridgit and Carbotte, Suzanne M. and Canales, Juan Pablo and Han, Shuoshuo and Nedimovi{\'c}, Mladen R.}
}
@article {118,
	title = {Vp/Vs Ratio of Incoming Sediments Off Cascadia Subduction Zone From Analysis of Controlled-Source Multicomponent OBS Records},
	journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth},
	volume = {125},
	year = {2020},
	type = {Journal Article},
	abstract = {P-to-S-converted waves observed in controlled-source multicomponent ocean bottom seismometer (OBS) records were used to derive the Vp/Vs structure of Cascadia Basin sediments. We used P-to-S waves converted at the basement to derive an empirical function describing the average Vp/Vs of Cascadia sediments as a function of sediment thickness. We derived one-dimensional interval Vp/Vs functions from semblance velocity analysis of S-converted intrasediment and basement reflections, which we used to define an empirical Vp/Vs versus burial depth compaction trend. We find that seaward from the Cascadia deformation front, Vp/Vs structure offshore northern Oregon and Washington shows little variability along strike, while the structure of incoming sediments offshore central Oregon is more heterogeneous and includes intermediate-to-deep sediment layers of anomalously elevated Vp/Vs. These zones with elevated Vp/Vs are likely due to elevated pore fluid pressures, although layers of high sand content intercalated within a more clayey sedimentary sequence, and/or a higher content of coarser-grained clay minerals relative to finer-grained smectite could be contributing factors. We find that the proto-d{\'e}collement offshore central Oregon develops within the incoming sediments at a low-permeability boundary that traps fluids in a stratigraphic level where fluid overpressure exceeds 50\% of the differential pressure between the hydrostatic pressure and the lithostatic pressure. Incoming sediments with the highest estimated fluid overpressures occur offshore central Oregon where deformation of the accretionary prism is seaward vergent. Conversely, landward vergence offshore northern Oregon and Washington correlates with more moderate pore pressures and laterally homogeneous Vp/Vs functions of Cascadia Basin sediments. Average and interval Vp/Vs versus depth functions derived from S-converted waves from the Ridge-to-Trench seismic experiment in Cascadia Basin Layers with high Vp/Vs indicate elevated pore fluid pressure in incoming sediments Variations in Vp/Vs structure correlate with underthrust sediment thickness and wedge deformation style.},
	doi = {10.1029/2019jb019239},
	url = {https://app.dimensions.ai/details/publication/pub.1127957341},
	author = {Zhu, Jian and Canales, J. Pablo and Han, Shuoshuo and Carbotte, Suzanne M. and Arnulf, Adrien and Nedimovi{\'c}, Mladen R.}
}
@article {li_connections_2018,
	title = {Connections between subducted sediment, pore-fluid pressure, and earthquake behavior along the Alaska megathrust},
	journal = {Geology},
	volume = {46},
	number = {4},
	year = {2018},
	month = {02/2018},
	pages = {299{\textendash}302},
	abstract = {Variations in pore-fluid pressure along subduction megathrusts are often invoked to explain differences in fault slip behavior between margins. However, many other parameters vary between subduction zones, making it difficult to isolate the causes of elevated pore fluid pressures and their effects on megathrust behavior. Here we show evidence from pre-stack depth migrations of multichannel seismic reflection data along the subduction zone off the Alaska Peninsula for significant, systematic along-strike variations in the thickness, continuity, P-wave velocity, and estimated pore-fluid pressure of the subducting sediment layer that lines the shallow plate interface within 25 km of the trench. These variations appear to correlate with changes in seismicity, locking, and earthquake rupture history. The currently locked and seismically quiet Semidi segment has a continuous, thick (600{\textendash}900 m) subducted sediment layer that is characterized by low seismic velocities and elevated pore pressure (λ* ≈ 0.4{\textendash}0.8). The subducted sediment in the neighboring Shumagin Gap, a region with low geodetic coupling and abundant small earthquakes, is thinner, irregular and has lower pore pressure (λ* \&lt; 0.2{\textendash}0.3). We suggest that the thicker and weakly faulted sediment layer entering the trench at Semidi is associated with a continuous and overpressured sediment layer lining the shallow plate interface, but forms a large coherent asperity as it dewaters and consolidates at greater depths, thus favoring large earthquakes. In contrast, thinner incoming sediment disrupted by outer rise faulting at Shumagin results in a plate interface without elevated pore-fluid pressures, but which is heterogeneous and complex at all depths, contributing to creep and frequent small earthquakes.},
	issn = {0091-7613},
	doi = {10.1130/G39557.1},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1130/G39557.1},
	author = {Li, Jiyao and Shillington, Donna J. and Saffer, Demian M. and B{\'e}cel, Anne and Nedimovi{\'c}, Mladen R. and Kuehn, Harold and Webb, Spahr C. and Keranen, Katie M. and Abers, Geoffrey A.}
}
@article {Becel2015,
	title = {Origin of dipping structures in fast-spreading oceanic lower crust offshore Alaska imaged by multichannel seismic data},
	journal = {Earth and Planetary Science Letters},
	volume = {424},
	year = {2015},
	month = {aug},
	pages = {26{\textendash}37},
	issn = {0012821X},
	doi = {10.1016/j.epsl.2015.05.016},
	url = {https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0012821X15003052},
	author = {B{\'e}cel, Anne and Shillington, Donna J. and Nedimovi{\'c}, Mladen R. and Webb, Spahr C. and Kuehn, Harold}
}
