Where and why do large shallow intraslab earthquakes occur?

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 183-206

  Seno, Tetsuzo ^a   Yoshida, Masaki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Hmax; Convection; Shallow intraslab earthquakes; Stress; Subduction

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; MOMENT TENSOR; SLAB; STRESS CHANGE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 1642529017     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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