Along-arc structural variation of the plate boundary at the Japan Trench margin: Implication of interplate coupling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Tsuru, Tetsuro ^a   Park, Jin Oh ^a   Miura, Seiichi ^a   Kodaira, Shuichi ^a   Kido, Yukari ^a   Hayashi, Tsutomu ^b  

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

^b 1 5 21 Otsuka   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coupling; Interplate earthquake; Japan Trench; Plate boundary; Seismic reflection

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT MARGIN; COUPLING; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; PLATE BOUNDARY; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

JAPAN TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0038742680     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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