Structure and evolution of the backstop in the eastern Nankai Trough area (Japan): Implications for the soon-to-come Tokai earthquake

Island Arc

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 440-454

  Le Pichon, X ^a   Lallemant, S ^a   Tokuyama, H ^b   Thoue F ^c   Huchon, P ^a   Henry, P ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Bat 402   (France)

Author keywords

Eastern Nankai Trough area

Indexed keywords

BACKSTOP; RIDGES; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

PACIFIC, NANKEI TROUGH;

EID: 0030442167     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.1996.tb00164.x     Document Type: Article

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