Weak interplate coupling beneath the subduction zone off Fukushima, NE Japan, inferred from GPS/acoustic seafloor geodetic observation

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Matsumoto, Yoshihiro ^a   Ishikawa, Tadashi ^a   Fujita, Masayuki ^a   Sato, Mariko ^a   Saito, Hiroaki ^a   Mochizuki, Masashi ^b   Yabuki, Tetsuichiro ^a   Asada, Akira ^b  

^a JAPAN COAST GUARD ACADEMY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Back slip; GPS acoustic; Intraplate deformation; Off Fukushima; Seafloor geodetic observation

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; DEFORMATION; GEODESY; GPS; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; SEAFLOOR; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 56449086574     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/bf03353114     Document Type: Article

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