Faulting processes controlled by the nonuniform thermal strucuture of the crust and uppermost mantle beneath the northeastern Japanese island arc

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Shibazaki, Bunichiro ^a   Garatani, Kazuteru ^b   Iwasaki, Takaya ^c   Tanaka, Akiko ^d   Iio, Yoshihisa ^e  

^a BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Kasumigaseki Bldg   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ISLAND ARC; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC SURVEY; TECTONIC SETTING; THERMAL STRUCTURE; UPPER MANTLE; VISCOELASTICITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 55949128867     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005361     Document Type: Article

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