Deep crustal structure along the Niigata-Kobe Tectonic Zone, Japan: Its origin and segmentation

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Nakajima, Junichi ^a   Hasegawa, Akira ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Derformation; Fluids; Low velocity zone; Niiga Kobe tectonic zone; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SLAB; STRAIN RATE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; HYOGO; JAPAN; KINKI; KOBE; NIIGATA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINE SEA;

EID: 39449099949     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/bf03352677     Document Type: Article

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