seismotectonicregimeobservedat oaxaca, mexicobetween2001（seismotectonicregimeobservedat瓦哈卡,mexicobetween2001）.docVIP

Propagation of the 2001-2002 aseismic slow slip event and an interplate coupling in the Oaxaca subduction zone, Mexico Franco Sánchez, S.I.1, V. Kostoglodov1, K.M. Larson2, V.C. Manea1, M. Manea1, and J.A. Santiago1 1Institudo de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Del. Coyoacan, 04510 Mexico D.F., Mexico 2Department of Aerospace Engineering Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0429, USA Abstract A GPS (Global Positioning System) network has been established in the Mexican state of Oaxaca with the aim to understand the subduction-related seismotectonic regime in the area. . Permanent GPS stations have been operating since 2000. Data from campaign GPS sites have been acquired every year for the period between 2001 and 2004. The observed average displacements corresponding to the epochs of 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 differ significantly from the crustal displacements for the apparent interslip steady state phase, the epoch of 2003-2004. Continuous GPS stations in Guerrero (the neighboring state to the NW of Oaxaca) recorded a large slow slip event (SSE, or silent earthquake) in 2001-2002 and a smaller SSE in 2002-2003. At least two continuous stations of the Oaxaca GPS network registered a propagation of 2001-2002 slow slip event from Guerrero to Oaxaca. The anomalous displacements observed on the campaign GPS sites in Oaxaca may be attributed to the effect of the 2001-2002 slow slip event. The average 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 epoch displacements are the sum of the interslip steady state and the slow aseismic slip displacements. The latter can be modeled by a displacement pulse propagating along the Guerrero-Oaxaca coast. The model helps to identify the undisturbed interslip epochs at each GPS site which can be used to estimate the interplate coupling in the Oaxaca subduction zone. Introduction Subduction of the Cocos oceanic plate beneath the North America and Caribbean plates in the Middle America Trench deter