How does plate coupling affect crustal stresses in Northeast and Southwest Japan?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 2307-2310

  Wang, Kelin ^a   Suyehiro, Kiyoshi ^b  

^a Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FRICTION; GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATION; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR STRESS; FAULTING; SHEAR FLOW;

COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; INDUCING COMPRESSION; PLATE COUPLING FORCE; PLATE SUBDUCTION; WEAK SUBDUCTION FAULTS;

TECTONICS; FRICTION;

COUPLING; PLATE BOUNDARY; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRESS;

JAPAN;

COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; COLD SUBDUCTION; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; DIFFERENT EFFECTS; FRICTIONAL CONTACT; GRAVITATIONAL FORCES; PLATE SUBDUCTION; STATIC SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 0033430218     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900528     Document Type: Article

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