Microearthquakes and faulting in the southern Okinawa Trough

Tectonophysics

Volumn 372, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 167-177

  Nakamura, Mamoru ^a   Katao, Hiroshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Back arc rifting; Earthquake swarm; Extension rate; Fault; Okinawa Trough; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; MICROEARTHQUAKE; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; SEISMICITY;

OKINAWA TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141501035     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(03)00277-4     Document Type: Article

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