1. Introduction to subduction zones

   • Larry J. Ruff
   • Hiroo Kanamori

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 5

2. On the initiation of subduction zones

   • Sierd Cloetingh
   • Rinus Wortel
   • N. J. Vlaar

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 25

3. Seismotectonics at the Trench-Trench-Trench triple junction off central Honshu

   • Tetsuzo Seno
   • Takashi Takano

   OriginalPaper Pages: 27 - 40

4. Morphologic and geologic effects of the subduction of bathymetric highs

   • William R. McCann
   • Ray E. Habermann

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 69

5. Large earthquakes in the macquarie ridge complex: Transitional tectonics and subduction initiation

   • Larry J. Ruff
   • Jeffrey W. Given
   • Christine M. Sperber

   OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 129

6. Estimation of strong ground motions from hypothetical earthquakes on the Cascadia subduction zone, Pacific Northwest

   • Thomas H. Heaton
   • Stephen H. Hartzell

   OriginalPaper Pages: 131 - 201

7. Subduction and back-arc activity at the Hikurangi convergent Margin, New Zealand

   • Euan G. C. Smith
   • Tim Stern
   • Martin Reyners

   OriginalPaper Pages: 203 - 231

8. An unusual zone of seismic coupling in the Bonin arc: The 1972 Hachijo-Oki earthquakes and related seismicity

   • Tetsuji Moriyama
   • Fumiko Tajima
   • Tetsuzo Seno

   OriginalPaper Pages: 233 - 261

9. Do trench sediments affect great earthquake occurrence in subduction zones?

   • Larry J. Ruff

   OriginalPaper Pages: 263 - 282