Dissecting large earthquakes in Japan: Role of arc magma and fluids

Island Arc

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-16

  Zhao, Dapeng ^a   Santosh, M ^b   Yamada, Akira ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arc magma; Fluids; Large earthquakes; Mantle wedge; Seismic tomography; Slab dehydration

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; ISLAND ARC; MAGMA; NUMERICAL MODEL; POISSON RATIO; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SLAB; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC WEDGE;

JAPAN;

EID: 77950236885     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2009.00694.x     Document Type: Article

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