@article {pavlis_unified_2019,
	title = {A unified three-dimensional model of the lithospheric structure at the subduction corner in southeast Alaska: Summary results from STEEP},
	journal = {Geosphere},
	volume = {15},
	number = {2},
	year = {2019},
	month = {jan},
	pages = {382{\textendash}406},
	abstract = {We merge structural results from the ST. Elias Erosion/tectonics Project (STEEP), other studies, and seismicity data to build a comprehensive, three-dimensional model of the lithosphere of the subduction corner in southern Alaska. The model is defined by three surfaces: (1) a top of the subducting lithosphere surface, (2) Moho surfaces, and (3) a base of subducting lithosphere surface. We model the eastern edge of the subducting lithosphere using the southern tip of the Yakutat microplate as an anchor. Kinematic reconstructions using that anchor suggest the modern Fairweather fault is likely inherited from motion of the margin in the 6{\textendash}10 Ma period. We constructed a 4D kinematic model of crustal deformation in the vicinity of Mount St. Elias. We call this model the middlebuster model because the geometry is similar to a two-sided plow with that name. The west side of the plow is the eastern limit of the Aleutian megathrust constructed from the union of constraints from STEEP seismic results and slip models of the 1979 St. Elias earthquake. The east side is inferred from geologic mapping and slip models of the 1899 Yakutat Bay earthquake sequence. The top of the plow is near the Seward Glacier, where previous studies showed near world-record exhumation rates. GPS velocity vectors show a large rotation across the syntaxis at Mount St. Elias. West of the syntaxis, faults inferred from inversion of the GPS data are above the megathrust inferred from seismic imaging. That and other evidence suggest the presence of a wedge of ductile crust that partially decouples the subducting mantle lithosphere from the upper crust in the area near the suture with the Yakutat microplate.},
	issn = {1553-040X},
	doi = {10.1130/GES01488.1},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1130/GES01488.1},
	author = {Pavlis, Gary L. and Bauer, Mark A. and Elliott, Julie L. and Koons, Peter and Pavlis, Terry L. and Ruppert, Natalia and Ward, Kevin M. and Worthington, Lindsay L.}
}
@article {anchieta_seismicity_2011,
	title = {Seismicity around the Hawaiian Islands Recorded by the PLUME Seismometer Networks: Insight into Faulting near Maui, Molokai, and Oahu},
	journal = {Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America},
	volume = {101},
	number = {4},
	year = {2011},
	month = {aug},
	pages = {1742{\textendash}1758},
	abstract = {Instrumental limitations have long prevented the detailed characterization of offshore earthquakes around the Hawaiian Islands, and little is known about the spatial distribution of earthquakes in regions outside the vicinity of the well-monitored island of Hawaii. Here, we analyze data from the deployment of two successive networks of ocean-bottom seismometers (OBSs) as part of the Plume-Lithosphere Undersea Melt Experiment (PLUME) to better determine seismicity patterns along the Hawaiian Islands and their offshore regions. We find that earthquake detection rates are improved when seismograms are high-pass filtered above \~{}5 Hz to reduce the background seismic noise. Hypocentral solutions have been determined for 1147 previously undetected microearthquakes, and an additional 2880 events correspond to earthquakes already in the catalog of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO). The spatial patterns of earthquakes identified solely on the PLUME network provide complementary information to patterns identified by the HVO network. A diffuse pattern of seismicity is found to the southeast of the island of Hawaii, and clusters of earthquakes are located west of the island. Many microearthquakes are observed in the vicinity of Maui and Molokai, including some located at mantle depths. A small number of microearthquakes are found to occur near Oahu. There is no evidence from our analyses that the Molokai fracture zone (MFZ) is seismically active at this time, and no evidence was found of a previously hypothesized Diamond Head fault (DHF) near Oahu. However, on the basis of both the PLUME and HVO locations, there is a northeast{\textendash}southwest{\textendash}trending swath of epicenters extending northeastward of Oahu that may indicate the locus of moderate-sized historic earthquakes attributed to the Oahu region.},
	issn = {0037-1106},
	doi = {10.1785/0120100271},
	url = {https://doi.org/10.1785/0120100271},
	author = {Anchieta, Maria C. and Wolfe, Cecily J. and Pavlis, Gary L. and Vernon, Frank L. and Eakins, Jennifer A. and Solomon, Sean C. and Laske, Gabi and Collins, John A.}
}
