A bump on the upper surface of the Philippine Sea plate beneath the Boso Peninsula, Japan inferred from seismic reflection surveys: A possible asperity of the 1703 Genroku earthquake

Tectonophysics

Volumn 472, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 39-50

  Tsumura, Noriko ^a   Komada, Nozomi ^a   Sano, Junpei ^a   Kikuchi, Shinsuke ^a   Yamamoto, Shuji ^a   Ito, Tanio ^a   Sato, Toshinori ^a   Miyauchi, Takahiro ^a   Kawamura, Tomonori ^b   Shishikura, Masanobu ^c   Abe, Shintaro ^d   Sato, Hiroshi ^e   Kawanaka, Taku ^b   Suda, Shigeyuki ^b   Higashinaka, Motonori ^b   Ikawa, Takeshi ^f  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b 1 5 21 Otsuka   (Japan)

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

^d CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f Geosys Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

1703 Genroku earthquake; Asperity; Plate boundary; Seismic reflection survey; The Philippine Sea plate

Indexed keywords

1703 GENROKU EARTHQUAKE; ASPERITY; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC REFLECTION SURVEY; THE PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; EARTHQUAKES; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; LANDFORMS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SEISMIC WAVES;

REFLECTION;

ASPERITY; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SURVEY; SUBDUCTION;

ASIA; BOSO PENINSULA; CHIBA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO;

EID: 67349145997     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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