Temperature distribution of the upper surface of the subducted Philippine Sea Plate along the Nankai Trough, southwest Japan, from a three-dimensional subduction model: Relation to large interplate and low-frequency earthquakes

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 302-315

  Yoshioka, Shoichi ^a   Murakami, Koji ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b 11 40 Hijiyamahonmachi   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fossil ridge; Large earthquake; Low frequency earthquakes; Nankai subduction fault; Temperature distribution; Thermal seismogenic zone

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; HEAT FLOW; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; SEISMOTECTONICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPREADING CENTER; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMAL REGIME; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

NANKAI TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINE SEA;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 35248851079     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03510.x     Document Type: Article

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