Seismic activity associated with the subducting motion of the Philippine Sea plate beneath the Kanto district, Japan

Tectonophysics

Volumn 417, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 85-100

  Hori, Sadaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central Japan; Focal mechanism; Philippine Sea plate; Seismic activity; Seismogenic stress field

Indexed keywords

PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO;

EID: 33645302342     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.08.027     Document Type: Article

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