Outer slope faulting associated with the western Kuril and Japan trenches

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 356-372

  Kobayashi, Kazuo ^a   Nakanishi, Masao ^b   Tamaki, Kensaku ^b   Ogawa, Yujiro ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

PACIFIC, JAPAN TRENCH;

EID: 0031687015     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.00569.x     Document Type: Article

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