Interseismic deformation of the Nankai subduction zone, southwest Japan, inferred from three-dimensional crustal velocity fields

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1073-1082

  Tabei, Takao ^a   Adachi, Mari ^a   Miyazaki, Shin'ichi ^b   Watanabe, Tsuyoshi ^c   Kato, Sayomasa ^d  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Kagawa Prefecture 760 8573   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crustal deformation; Global Positioning System; Median Tectonic Lane; Nankai Trough; Southwest Japan

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; GPS; INVERSE ANALYSIS; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SEISMICITY; SLIP; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NANKAI TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 36248968091     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352050     Document Type: Article

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