On the biannually repeating slow-slip events at the Ryukyu Trench, southwestern Japan

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Heki, Kosuke ^a   Kataoka, Takeshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT SLIP; GPS; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SEISMIC MOMENT; SLIP RATE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

EID: 58549094140     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005739     Document Type: Article

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