Estimation of interplate coupling in the Kumano Basin along the Nankai Trough based on observation of seafloor crustal deformation: The current status and foresight

Journal of the Geodetic Society of Japan

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-51

  Watanabe, Tsuyoshi ^a   Tadokoro, Keiichi ^a   Sugimoto, Shingo ^a   Okuda, Takashi ^a   Ikuta, Ryoya ^a,c   Ando, Masataka ^a,d   Muto, Daisuke ^a   Kimoto, Akinori ^a   Kuno, Masahiro ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Mie Prefecture Fisheries Research Institute   (Japan)

^c SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLING; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; SEAFLOOR; SUBDUCTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

KUMANO BASIN; NANKAI TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 67650694244     PISSN: 00380830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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