Subducting oceanic high causes compressional faulting in southernmost Ryukyu forearc as revealed by hypocentral determinations of earthquakes and reflection/refraction seismic data

Tectonophysics

Volumn 466, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 255-267

  Font, Yvonne ^a   Lallemand, Serge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Earthquake location; Ryukyu subduction; Splay fault; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

3D VELOCITIES; ACTIVE FAULTS; ACTIVE SEISMIC; COMPRESSIONAL; EARTHQUAKE LOCATION; FOCAL MECHANISMS; FOREARC; HYPOCENTER LOCATIONS; OCEANIC CRUSTS; REVERSE FAULTING; REVERSE FAULTS; RYUKYU SUBDUCTION; SEDIMENTOLOGICAL DATUM; SEISMIC DATUM; SEISMIC LINES; SPLAY FAULT; SUBDUCTION INTERFACES; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TAIWAN;

BUILDINGS; LOCATION; TECTONICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EARTHQUAKES;

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; FAULTING; FOCAL MECHANISM; FOREARC BASIN; OCEANIC CRUST; REVERSE FAULT; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

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

EID: 60949104283     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.11.018     Document Type: Article

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