A large flux of particulate matter in the deep Japan Trench observed just after the 1994 Sanriku-Oki earthquake

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1987-1998

  Itou, M ^a   Matsumura, I ^a   Noriki, S ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Particulate matter; The Japan Trench

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; EARTHQUAKE; PARTICULATE FLUX; SEDIMENT TRAP; TIME SERIES;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033905696     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(00)00012-1     Document Type: Article

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