Long-term and short-term vertical velocity profiles across the forearc in the NE Japan subduction zone

Quaternary Research

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-238

  Matsu'ura, Tabito ^a   Furusawa, Akira ^b   Saomoto, Hidetaka ^c  

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

^b Furusawa Geological Survey   (Japan)

^c Rd Management Section   (Japan)

Author keywords

GPS; Late Quaternary; Marine terrace; Northeast Japan; Uplift rate; Vertical velocity profile

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKENING; DEFORMATION; FOREARC BASIN; GPS; QUATERNARY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TERRACE; UPLIFT; VELOCITY PROFILE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 60249099677     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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