Stress due to the interseismic back slip and its relation with the focal mechanisms of earthquakes occurring in the Kuril and northeastern Japan arcs

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 549-557

  Takeuchi, Mao ^a,b   Sato, T ^a   Shinbo, T ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Witz Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Back slip; Focal mechanism; Interseismic loading; Kuril arc; Northeastern Japan arc; Oblique subduction; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FOCAL MECHANISM; GPS; MODELING; OBLIQUE FAULT; PLATE BOUNDARY; STRESS ANALYSIS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

KURIL TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 48849100580     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353117     Document Type: Article

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