Full interseismic locking of the Nankai and Japan-west Kurile subduction zones: An analysis of uniform elastic strain accumulation in Japan constrained by permanent GPS

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B6, 2000, Pages 13159-13177

  Mazzotti, Stéphane ^a,c   Le Pichon, Xavier ^a,d   Henry, Pierre ^a   Miyazaki, Shin Ichi ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^b GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^d l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GPS; STRAIN; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034631221     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900060     Document Type: Article

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