Seismic record of tectonic evolution and backarc rifting in the southern Ryukyu island arc system

Tectonophysics

Volumn 294, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 21-42

  Park, Jin Oh ^a,c   Tokuyama, Hidekazu ^a   Shinohara, Masanao ^b   Suyehiro, Kiyoshi ^a   Taira, Asahiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Backarc rifting; Extension rate; Okinawa Trough; Seismic reflection; Simple shear; Tectonic evolution

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; ISLAND ARC; RIFTING; SEISMIC SURVEY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

JAPAN;

EID: 0032581848     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00150-4     Document Type: Article

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