Crustal heterogeneity in the 2000 western Tottori earthquake region: Effect of fluids from slab dehydration

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 145, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 161-177

  Zhao, Dapeng ^a   Tani, H ^a   Mishra, O P ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Fluids; Poisson's ratio; Rupture nucleation; Seismic velocity; Slab dehydration

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEHYDRATION; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FLUID MECHANICS; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SLAB;

EID: 2942736822     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2004.03.009     Document Type: Article

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