Anelastic strain recovery reveals extension across SW Japan subduction zone

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 23, 2009, Pages

  Byrne, Timothy B ^a   Lin, Weiren ^b   Tsutsumi, Akito ^c   Yamamoto, Yuhji ^d   Lewis, Jonathan C ^e   Kanagawa, Kyuichi ^f   Kitamura, Yujin ^g   Yamaguchi, Asuka ^d   Kimura, Gaku ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ANELASTIC STRAIN RECOVERY; CONVERGENT MARGIN; FAULT DATA; GREAT EARTHQUAKE; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; STRAIN RESULTS; STRESS DIRECTIONS; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

STRAIN;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ANELASTICITY; BOREHOLE; CONVERGENT MARGIN; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT GEOMETRY; LITHIFICATION; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; STRAIN ANALYSIS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 72049112536     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040749     Document Type: Article

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