Intra-plate seismicity in the subducting Philippine Sea Plate, southwest Japan: Magnitude-depth correlations

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 145, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 179-202

  Smith, A J ^a   Cummins, P R ^a,b   Baba, T ^a   Kodaira, S ^a   Kaneda, Y ^a   Yamaguchi, H ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Minerals Division   (Australia)

Author keywords

Earthquake magnitudes; Intra plate; Ocean crust; Seismology; Subduction dynamics

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 2942744318     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2004.03.011     Document Type: Article

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