Estimation of interplate coupling in the Nankai trough, Japan using GPS data from 1996 to 2006

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1313-1328

  Liu, Zhen ^a   Owen, Susan ^a   Dong, Danan ^a   Lundgren, Paul ^a   Webb, Frank ^a   Hetland, Eric ^c   Simons, Mark ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Satellite geodesy; Seismicity and tectonics; Subduction zone processes

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEODESY; GPS; PLATE TECTONICS; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEISMIC ZONE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSITION ZONE;

CHINA; HONSHU; JAPAN; KII PENINSULA; KINKI; NANKAI; SHIKOKU; TIANJIN;

EID: 77954064266     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04600.x     Document Type: Article

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