Fig. 4.From: Outer trench-slope faulting and the 2011 Mw 9.0 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku EarthquakeSchematic cross-sections of the A) Sanriku-oki, B) Kuril and C) Miyagi-oki subduction zones where great interplate thrust events have been followed by great trench slope or outer rise extensional events (in the first two cases) and concern about that happening in the case of the 2011 event.Back to article page