Effects of seamounts on an interplate earthquake at the Suruga trough, Japan

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 449-454

  Honkura, Yoshimori ^a   Nagaya, Yoshiharu ^b   Kuroki, Hidekuni ^a,c  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Maritime Safety Agency   (Japan)

^c JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; SEAMOUNT; SEISMICITY;

JAPAN; PHILIPPINE SEA; SURUGA TROUGH;

EID: 0033384646     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352249     Document Type: Article

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