Tidal triggering of earthquakes in the subducting Philippine Sea plate beneath the locked zone of the plate interface in the Tokai region, Japan

Tectonophysics

Volumn 417, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 69-80

  Tanaka, Sachiko ^a   Sato, Haruo ^b   Matsumura, Shozo ^a   Ohtake, Masakazu ^b  

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

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Philippine Sea plate; Statistical test; Tidal triggering of earthquakes; Tokai region

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TIDAL CONSTITUENT; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

AICHI; ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOKAI [AICHI];

EID: 33645312928     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.09.013     Document Type: Article

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