Seismicity in the incoming/subducting Philippine Sea plate off the Kii Peninsula, central Nankai trough

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Obana, Koichiro ^a   Kodaira, Shuichi ^a   Kaneda, Yoshiyuki ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KII PENINSULA; KINKI; NANKAI TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 30144439041     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003487     Document Type: Article

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