Weak interplate coupling by seamounts and repeating M ∼ 7 earthquakes

Science

Volumn 321, Issue 5893, 2008, Pages 1194-1197

  Mochizuki, Kimihiro ^a   Yamada, Tomoaki ^a   Shinohara, Masanao ^a   Yamanaka, Yoshiko ^b   Kanazawa, Toshihiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLING; EARTHQUAKE; RUPTURE; SEAMOUNT; SEISMIC SURVEY; SUBDUCTION;

ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; EARTHQUAKE; LABORATORY TEST; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

JAPAN TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 50649103456     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1160250     Document Type: Article

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18. We thank S. Hashimoto and T. Yagi for their assistance through preparation and operations of the OBSs; the captain and crew members of R/V Hakuho-Maru for their efforts to carry out the surveys and observation; T. Tsuru for discussion and providing us with published reflection sections; N. L. B. Bangs, N. Hirata, G. F. Moore, S. Okubo, and H. Sato for reviews; and Y. Fukao for discussion. Supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan.