Figure 5From: Rheological profile across the NE Japan interplate megathrust in the source region of the 2011 Mw9.0 Tohoku-oki earthquakeDeformation partitioning models for the subducting oceanic crust. (a) Initial state. (b) Shear deformation of the oceanic sedimentary (OC1) and basaltic (OC2) layers at different effective thicknesses w (shown as blue bars). No deformation is considered to occur in the gabbroic layer (OC3).Back to article page