Origin of the concentrated deformation zone in the Japanese Islands and stress accumulation process of intraplate earthquakes

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 831-842

  Iio, Yoshihisa ^a   Sagiya, Takeshi ^b   Kobayashi, Yoji ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anelastic deformation; Concentrated deformation; Intraplate earthquake; Lower crust; NKTZ; Weak zone

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM;

EID: 20544470581     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353090     Document Type: Article

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