Plate subduction, and generation of earthquakes and magmas in Japan as inferred from seismic observations: An overview

Gondwana Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 370-400

  Hasegawa, Akira ^a   Nakajima, Junichi ^a   Uchida, Naoki ^a   Okada, Tomomi ^a   Zhao, Dapeng ^a   Matsuzawa, Toru ^a   Umino, Norihito ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arc magmatism; Inland crustal earthquakes; Interplate earthquakes; Intraslab earthquakes; Japanese subduction zone; Plate subduction

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; MAGMA CHAMBER; PACIFIC PLATE; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMIC SOURCE; SUBDUCTION;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; KYUSHU; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINE SEA;

EID: 69749127704     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2009.03.007     Document Type: Review

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