Pull-down basin in the central part of Japan due to subduction-induced mantle flow

Tectonophysics

Volumn 367, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 203-217

  Kudo, Takeshi ^a   Yamaoka, Koshun ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gravity anomaly; Isostasy; Lake Biwa; Mantle flow; Numerical simulation; Philippine Sea Slab

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; ISOSTASY; MANTLE; SUBDUCTION; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS;

HONSHU; JAPAN; LAKE BIWA;

EID: 0038168756     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(03)00128-8     Document Type: Article

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