Interaction between two subducting plates under Tokyo and its possible effects on seismic hazards

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 18, 2007, Pages

  Wu, Francis ^a   Okaya, David ^b   Sato, Hiroshi ^c   Hirata, Naoshi ^c  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; LITHOLOGY; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

HIGH-RESOLUTION TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES; LITHOSPHERE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

SEISMOLOGY;

METROPOLITAN AREA; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TOMOGRAPHY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINE SEA; TOKYO [KANTO];

EID: 36549040069     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030763     Document Type: Article

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