The September 5, 2004 off the Kii Peninsula earthquakes as a composition of bending and collision

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 327-332

  Seno, Tetsuzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bending; Collision; Interplate locking; Izu Peninsula; Lithosphere; Neutral plane; Trench outer rise; Zenisu Ridge

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KII PENINSULA; KINKI; WORLD;

EID: 21844443113     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352571     Document Type: Article

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