Paleotectonic structures and their influence on recent seismo-tectonics in the south Kuril subduction zone

Island Arc

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 267-280

  Kasahara, Junzo ^a   Sato, Toshinori ^a   Mochizuki, Kimihiro ^a   Kobayashi, Kazuo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Earthquake barrier; Intraplate earthquake; Magnetic lineation; Normal fault; Oceanic fracture zone; Seaward slope earthquake; Structural lineation

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FRACTURE ZONES; PALAEOTECTONIC STRUCTURES; TECTONICS;

PACIFIC, KURIL TRENCH;

EID: 0031419868     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.1997.tb00177.x     Document Type: Article

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