A model with rigid rotations and slip deficits for the GPS-derived velocity field in Southwest Japan

Tectonophysics

Volumn 421, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 187-207

  Nishimura, Sou ^a   Hashimoto, Manabu ^b  

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

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Backarc spreading; Euler vector; Interplate coupling; Oblique subduction; Sliver motion

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; FAULT; GPS; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMICITY; STRAIN RATE; SUBDUCTION; VELOCITY PROFILE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

EID: 33745928754     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.04.017     Document Type: Article

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