Regional characteristics of stress field and its dynamics in and around the Nankai Trough, Japan

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 488-494

  Xu, Jiren ^a   Zhao, Zhixin ^a   Kono, Yoshiteru ^b   Kinoshita, Hajimu ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Geophysical field; Nankai trough; Stress field within slab; Subduction of high stress type; Young active slab

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; GEODYNAMICS; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRESS FIELD; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

JAPAN; NANKAI TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141760374     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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