Interplate seismic activity near the northern Japan Trench deduced from ocean bottom and land-based seismic observations

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 37-52

  Hino, Ryota ^a   Kanazawa, Toshihiko ^b   Hasegawa, Akira ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOGRAPH; OCEAN BOTTOM/LAND-BASED OBSERVATIONS; PACIFIC PLATE; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMIC SWARM; SUBDUCTION; SUBDUCTION ZONES; SWARM EVENTS; TRENCH;

PACIFIC, JAPAN TRENCH;

EID: 0029769233     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(95)03087-5     Document Type: Article

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