Geometry of slab, intraslab stress field and its tectonic implication in the Nankai trough, Japan

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 733-742

  Xu, Jiren ^a,b   Kono, Yoshiteru ^c  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLATE TECTONICS;

NANKAI TROUGH; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 4143106171     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03351726     Document Type: Article

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