Deep structure of the northeastern Japan arc and its implications for crustal deformation and shallow seismic activity

Tectonophysics

Volumn 403, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 59-75

  Hasegawa, Akira ^a   Nakajima, Junichi ^a   Umino, Norihito ^a   Miura, Satoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aqueous fluids; Arc magmatism; Crustal deformation; Northeastern Japan arc; Shallow seismicity; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ISLAND ARC; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; MOHO; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 21044437055     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.03.018     Document Type: Article

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