Crustal structure, fault segmentation, and activity of the Median Tectonic Line in Shikoku, Japan

Tectonophysics

Volumn 412, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 49-60

  Ikeda, Michiharu ^a   Zhao, Dapeng ^b   Ohno, Yuki ^c  

^a Kagawa Prefecture 760 8573   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIKOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Fault segmentation; Median Tectonic Line (MTL); Philippine Sea slab; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FAULT ZONE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; MEDIAN TECTONIC LINE;

EID: 29944439147     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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