Regional seismicity and on-land deformation in the Ryukyu arc: Implications for the kinematics of opening of the Okinawa Trough

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B7, 2001, Pages 13751-13768

  Fournier, Marc ^a   Fabbri, Olivier ^b   Angelier, Jacques ^a   Cadet, Jean Paul ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; DEFORMATION; FOCAL MECHANISM; KINEMATICS; RIFTING; SEISMICITY; TECTONICS;

OKINAWA TROUGH; PHILIPPINE SEA;

EID: 0034903795     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jb900010     Document Type: Article

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