Intense PP reflection beneath the aseismic forearc slope of the Japan Trench subduction zone and its implication of aseismic slip subduction

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-16

  Mochizuki, Kimihiro ^a   Nakamura, Mikako ^a,b   Kasahara, Junzo ^a,c   Hino, Ryota ^d   Nishino, Minoru ^d   Kuwano, Asako ^d   Nakamura, Yasuyuki ^a   Yamada, Tomoaki ^a   Shinohara, Masanao ^a   Sato, Toshinori ^e   Moghaddam, Peyman Poor ^a,f   Kanazawa, Toshihiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Central Research and Development Laboratory   (Japan)

^c JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

JAPAN TRENCH; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 20144388694     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB002892     Document Type: Article

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