Structural features of the subducting slab beneath the Kii Peninsula, central Japan: Seismic evidence of slab segmentation, dehydration, and anisotropy

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Shiomi, Katsuhiko ^a,b   Park, Jeffrey ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT ZONE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MOHO; PERTURBATION; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMICITY; SLAB; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STACKING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TREND ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KII PENINSULA; KINKI;

EID: 57649203374     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005535     Document Type: Article

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