@article {liu_-situ_2023,
	title = {In-Situ Vp/Vs Reveals Fault-Zone Material Variation at the Westernmost Gofar Transform Fault, East Pacific Rise},
	journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth},
	volume = {128},
	number = {3},
	year = {2023},
	note = {_eprint: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2022JB025310},
	month = {03/2023},
	pages = {e2022JB025310},
	abstract = {Ocean transform faults often generate characteristic earthquakes that repeatedly rupture the same fault patches. The westernmost Gofar transform fault quasi-periodically hosts \~{}M6 earthquakes every \~{}5 years, and microseismicity suggests that the fault is segmented into five distinct zones, including a rupture barrier zone that may have modulated the rupture of adjacent M6 earthquakes. However, the relationship between the systematic slip behavior of the Gofar fault and the fault material properties is still poorly known. Specifically, the role of pore fluids in regulating the slip of the Gofar fault is unclear. Here, we use differential travel times between nearby earthquakes to estimate the in-situ Vp/Vs of the fault-zone materials. We apply this technique to the dataset collected by an ocean-bottom-seismometer network deployed around the Gofar fault in 2008, which recorded abundant microearthquakes, and find a moderate Vp/Vs of 1.75{\textendash}1.80 in the rupture barrier zone and a low Vp/Vs of 1.61{\textendash}1.69 in the down-dip edge of the 2008 M6 rupture zone. This lateral variation in Vp/Vs may be caused by both pore fluids and chemical alteration. We also find a 5\%{\textendash}10\% increase in Vp/Vs in the barrier zone during the 9 months before the mainshock. This increase may have been caused by fluid migrations or slip transients in the barrier zone.},
	keywords = {fault-zone structure, ocean-bottom seismometer, oceanic transform fault, pore fluids, slip dilatancy, VP/VS ratio},
	issn = {2169-9356},
	doi = {10.1029/2022JB025310},
	url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2022JB025310},
	author = {Liu, Tianze and Gong, Jianhua and Fan, Wenyuan and Lin, Guoqing}
}
@article {niu_receiver_2007,
	title = {Receiver function study of the crustal structure of the southeastern Caribbean plate boundary and Venezuela},
	journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth},
	volume = {112},
	number = {B11},
	year = {2007},
	note = {_eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2006JB004802},
	abstract = {We have investigated crustal thickness and composition across the southeastern Caribbean plate boundary with the receiver function technique. We used teleseismic data recorded by a temporary broadband array deployed under the BOLIVAR project and the permanent national seismic network of Venezuela. We used the primary P-to-S conversion and crustal reverberations to estimate crustal thickness and average crustal VP/VS ratio over the region. We observe large variations in crustal thickness and Poisson{\textquoteright}s ratio. Estimated Moho depth ranges from \~{}16 km beneath the southeastern Caribbean Sea to \~{}52 km beneath northeastern Venezuela and the Venezuelan Andes. There is a good correlation between crustal structure and tectonic terranes. Data from the Precambrian Guayana Shield suggest that the underlying crustal structure is relatively uniform with a moderate thickness (\~{}37 km) and an intermediate composition. A thick crust is found below the foreland basins. The two mountain systems in northern Venezuela, the Serrania del Interior and the Serrania del Falcon, have a thin crust with arc composition and are likely dynamically supported by elastic rebound or underthrusting of the oceanic plateau that characterizes the southern Caribbean. On the other hand, the Venezuelan Andes and Perija Range on the western side of the country are probably isostatically balanced by thick crustal roots.},
	keywords = {Moho depth, southeast Caribbean, VP/VS ratio},
	issn = {2156-2202},
	doi = {10.1029/2006JB004802},
	url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2006JB004802},
	author = {Niu, Fenglin and Bravo, Tammy and Pavlis, Gary and Vernon, Frank and Rendon, Herbert and Bezada, Maximiliano and Levander, Alan}
}
