@article {5290,
	title = {Structure and Composition of the Plate-Boundary Slip Zone for the 2011 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake},
	volume = {342},
	number = {6163},
	year = {2013},
	month = {December 6},
	pages = {1208{\textendash}1211},
	abstract = {<p>The mechanics of great subduction earthquakes are influenced by the frictional properties, structure, and composition of the plate-boundary fault. We present observations of the structure and composition of the shallow source fault of the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake and tsunami from boreholes drilled by the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition 343 and 343T. Logging-while-drilling and core-sample observations show a single major plate-boundary fault accommodated the large slip of the Tohoku-Oki earthquake rupture, as well as nearly all the cumulative interplate motion at the drill site. The localization of deformation onto a limited thickness (less than 5 meters) of pelagic clay is the defining characteristic of the shallow earthquake fault, suggesting that the pelagic clay may be a regionally important control on tsunamigenic earthquakes.</p>
},
	doi = {DOI: 10.1126/science.1243719},
	author = {Chester, Frederick M and Rowe, C and Ujiie, K and Kirkpatrick, J and Regalla, C and Remitti, F and Moore, J C and Toy, V and Monica L Wolfson-Schwehr and Bose, Santanu and Kameda, J and James J Mori and Brodsky, Emily E and Eguchi, Nobuhisa and Toczko, S}
}
