Deep roots of upper plate faults and earthquake generation illuminated by volcanism

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Ando, Ryosuke ^a   Okuyama, Satoshi ^a,b  

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

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP ROOTS; DISPLACEMENT PATTERNS; DUCTILE SHEAR ZONE; FORWARD MODELS; GENERATION MECHANISM; INTRAPLATE EARTHQUAKES; KINEMATIC INVERSION; LIMITED VISIBILITY; SEISMIC DEFORMATION; SEISMIC EVIDENCE; SEISMIC GROUND; SEISMOGENIC LAYERS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SUBDUCTION ZONES; THEORETICAL STUDY; UPPER PLATE; VOLCANIC REGION;

IMAGING SYSTEMS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EARTHQUAKES;

DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; KINEMATICS; SHEAR ZONE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANISM;

HONSHU; IWATE; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 77953078148     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL042956     Document Type: Article

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