Seismic reflection profiling across the source fault of the 2003 Northern Miyagi earthquake (Mj 6.4), NE Japan: Basin inversion of Miocene back-arc rift

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1369-1374

  Kato, Naoko ^a   Sato, Hiroshi ^a   Imaizumi, Toshifumi ^b   Ikeda, Yasutaka ^a   Okada, Shinsuke ^a   Kagohara, Kyoko ^c   Kawanaka, Taku ^d   Kasahara, Keiji ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^d 1 5 21 Otsuka   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

Author keywords

2003 Northern Miyagi earthquake; Basin inversion; Fault reactivation; Miocene back arc rift; NE Japan; Seismic reflection profiling

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; SEISMIC SURVEY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; MIYAGI; TOHOKU; WORLD;

EID: 20544439456     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353362     Document Type: Article

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