Roy D. Hyndman

TL;DR: A wide range of geophysical and geological data indicate that extensive serpentinization in the forearc mantle is both expected and observed as discussed by the authors, and that large volumes of aqueous fluids must be released upwards by dehydration reactions in subducting oceanic crust and sediments.

TL;DR: Very low shear-wave velocities are found in the cold forearc mantle indicated by the exceptional occurrence of an ‘inverted’ continental Moho, which reverts to normal polarity seaward of the Cascade arc, providing compelling evidence for a highly hydrated and serpentinized forearc region, consistent with thermal and petrological models of the Forearc mantle wedge.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors employed numerical thermal models to estimate temperatures on the subduction thrust planes of four continental subduction zones and found that the seafloor upper mantle probably is aseismic because of stable-sliding serpentinite hydrated by water from the underthrusting oceanic crust and sediments.

TL;DR: In this paper, a thermal model of the Cascadia subduction margin is used to estimate the temperature at the top of the oceanic crust at the deformation front and the transition stable sliding zone with a temperature of about 450°C.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined thermal and structural control of the updip and downdip rupture limits of great subduction thrust earthquakes and compared the predictions of several models for what constrains great earthquake rupture.