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Publications

(in reverse chronological order)

27) Okuwaki, R., Yagi, Y., Taymaz, T., Hicks, S.P. (2023). “Multi-scale rupture growth with alternating directions in a complex fault network during the 2023 south-eastern Türkiye and Syria earthquake doublet”. Geophysical Research Letters. doi: 10.1029/2023GL103480.

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26)  Lindner M., Rietbrock, A., Bie, L., Goes, S., Collier, J., Rychert, C.A., Harmon, N., Hicks, S.P., Henstock, T. (2023). “Bayesian regional moment tensor from ocean bottom seismograms recorded in the Lesser Antilles: Implications for regional stress field”. Geophysical Journal International, 233(2). doi: 10.1093/gji/ggac494.

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25) Schlaphorst, D., Rychert, C.A., Harmon, N., Hicks, S.P., Bogiatzis, P., Kendall, J-M., Abercrombie, R.E. (2023). “Local seismicity around the Chain Transform Fault at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge from OBS observations”. Geophysical Journal International, 234(2). doi: 10.1093/gji/ggad124.

Significance: seismicity in ocean plates can occur beneath the theoretical brittle-ductile transition, showing how seawater infiltration may control earthquake rupture

24) Hicks, S.P., Bie, L., Rychert, C.A., Harmon, N., Goes, S., Rietbrock, A., Wei, S.S., et al. (2023). “Slab to back-arc to arc: Fluid and melt pathways through the mantle wedge beneath the Lesser Antilles”. Science Advances, 9(5). doi: 10.1126/sciadv.add2143.

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23) Allen, R., Collier, J.S., Henstock, T.J., Rietbrock A., Goes, S., Blundy, J., Harmon, N., Rychert, C.A., Macpherson C.G., Van Hunen, J., Kendall, J-M., Wilkinson, J., Davidson, J., Wilson, M., Cooper, G., Maunder, B., Bie, L., Hicks, S.P., Davy, R., et al. “The Role of Crustal Accretion Variations in Determining Slab Hydration at an Atlantic Subduction Zone”. Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth, 127(8). doi: 10.1029/2022JB024349.

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22) Bie., L., Hicks, S.P., Rietbrock., A., Maunder, B., Goes, S., Collier, J., et al. (2023). “Imaging slab-transported fluids and their deep dehydration from seismic velocity tomography in the Lesser Antilles subduction zone”. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 586. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117535.

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21) Healy, D. & Hicks, S.P. (2022). “De-risking the energy transition by quantifying the uncertainties in fault stability”. Solid Earth, 13, 15-39. doi: 10.5194/se-13-15-2022.

Significance: We provide a new, open-source tool quantifying fault slip risk, with application to new and future green energy projects in the UK

20) Okuwaki, R., Hicks, S.P. , Craig, T., Fan, W., Goes., S., Wright, T., Yagi., Y. (2021). “Illuminating a Contorted Slab with a Complex Intraslab Rupture Evolution during the 2021 Mw 7.3 East Cape, New Zealand Earthquake”. Geophysical Research Letters). doi: 10.1029/2021GL095117. (Shared co-first authorship)

Significance: We show how subduction of buoyant structures (e.g., oceanic plateaus) can cause a stress rotation deep in subducting plates and can cause unexpected tsunamis.

19) Hicks, S.P., Goes, S., Whittaker, A., Stafford, P. (2021). “Multivariate statistical appraisal of regional susceptibility to induced seismicity: application to the Permian Basin, SW United States”. Journal of Geophysical Research, 126(12). doi: 10.1029/2021JB022768.

Significance: We provide a new tool that searches for the strongest geological and industrial parameters that correlate with emergent clusters of induced seismicity.

20) Okuwaki, R., Hicks, S.P. , Craig, T., Fan, W., Goes., S., Wright, T., Yagi., Y. (2021). “Illuminating a Contorted Slab with a Complex Intraslab Rupture Evolution during the 2021 Mw 7.3 East Cape, New Zealand Earthquake”. Geophysical Research Letters). doi: 10.1029/2021GL095117. (Shared co-first authorship)

Significance: We provide a new, open-source tool quantifying fault slip risk, with application to new and future green energy projects in the UK

20) Okuwaki, R., Hicks, S.P. , Craig, T., Fan, W., Goes., S., Wright, T., Yagi., Y. (2021). “Illuminating a Contorted Slab with a Complex Intraslab Rupture Evolution during the 2021 Mw 7.3 East Cape, New Zealand Earthquake”. Geophysical Research Letters). doi: 10.1029/2021GL095117. (Shared co-first authorship)

Significance: We provide a new, open-source tool quantifying fault slip risk, with application to new and future green energy projects in the UK

20) Okuwaki, R., Hicks, S.P. , Craig, T., Fan, W., Goes., S., Wright, T., Yagi., Y. (2021). “Illuminating a Contorted Slab with a Complex Intraslab Rupture Evolution during the 2021 Mw 7.3 East Cape, New Zealand Earthquake”. Geophysical Research Letters). doi: 10.1029/2021GL095117. (Shared co-first authorship)

Significance: We provide a new, open-source tool quantifying fault slip risk, with application to new and future green energy projects in the UK

20) Okuwaki, R., Hicks, S.P. , Craig, T., Fan, W., Goes., S., Wright, T., Yagi., Y. (2021). “Illuminating a Contorted Slab with a Complex Intraslab Rupture Evolution during the 2021 Mw 7.3 East Cape, New Zealand Earthquake”. Geophysical Research Letters). doi: 10.1029/2021GL095117. (Shared co-first authorship)

Significance: We provide a new, open-source tool quantifying fault slip risk, with application to new and future green energy projects in the UK

20) Okuwaki, R., Hicks, S.P. , Craig, T., Fan, W., Goes., S., Wright, T., Yagi., Y. (2021). “Illuminating a Contorted Slab with a Complex Intraslab Rupture Evolution during the 2021 Mw 7.3 East Cape, New Zealand Earthquake”. Geophysical Research Letters). doi: 10.1029/2021GL095117. (Shared co-first authorship)

Significance: We provide a new, open-source tool quantifying fault slip risk, with application to new and future green energy projects in the UK

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Reports

(in reverse chronological order)

27) Okuwaki, R., Yagi, Y., Taymaz, T., Hicks, S.P. (2023). “Multi-scale rupture growth with alternating directions in a complex fault network during the 2023 south-eastern Türkiye and Syria earthquake doublet”. Geophysical Research Letters. doi: 10.1029/2023GL103480.

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26)  Lindner M., Rietbrock, A., Bie, L., Goes, S., Collier, J., Rychert, C.A., Harmon, N., Hicks, S.P., Henstock, T. (2023). “Bayesian regional moment tensor from ocean bottom seismograms recorded in the Lesser Antilles: Implications for regional stress field”. Geophysical Journal International, 233(2). doi: 10.1093/gji/ggac494.

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25) Schlaphorst, D., Rychert, C.A., Harmon, N., Hicks, S.P., Bogiatzis, P., Kendall, J-M., Abercrombie, R.E. (2023). “Local seismicity around the Chain Transform Fault at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge from OBS observations”. Geophysical Journal International, 234(2). doi: 10.1093/gji/ggad124.

Significance: seismicity in ocean plates can occur beneath the theoretical brittle-ductile transition, showing how seawater infiltration may control earthquake rupture

24) Hicks, S.P., Bie, L., Rychert, C.A., Harmon, N., Goes, S., Rietbrock, A., Wei, S.S., et al. (2023). “Slab to back-arc to arc: Fluid and melt pathways through the mantle wedge beneath the Lesser Antilles”. Science Advances, 9(5). doi: 10.1126/sciadv.add2143.

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23) Allen, R., Collier, J.S., Henstock, T.J., Rietbrock A., Goes, S., Blundy, J., Harmon, N., Rychert, C.A., Macpherson C.G., Van Hunen, J., Kendall, J-M., Wilkinson, J., Davidson, J., Wilson, M., Cooper, G., Maunder, B., Bie, L., Hicks, S.P., Davy, R., et al. “The Role of Crustal Accretion Variations in Determining Slab Hydration at an Atlantic Subduction Zone”. Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth, 127(8). doi: 10.1029/2022JB024349.

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22) Bie., L., Hicks, S.P., Rietbrock., A., Maunder, B., Goes, S., Collier, J., et al. (2023). “Imaging slab-transported fluids and their deep dehydration from seismic velocity tomography in the Lesser Antilles subduction zone”. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 586. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117535.

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21) Healy, D. & Hicks, S.P. (2022). “De-risking the energy transition by quantifying the uncertainties in fault stability”. Solid Earth, 13, 15-39. doi: 10.5194/se-13-15-2022.

Significance: We provide a new, open-source tool quantifying fault slip risk, with application to new and future green energy projects in the UK

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