Split Philippine Sea plate beneath Japan

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 21, 2010, Pages

  Ide, Satoshi ^a   Shiomi, Katsuhiko ^b   Mochizuki, Kimihiro ^a   Tonegawa, Takashi ^a   Kimura, Gaku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GROUNDWATER; HELIUM; ISOTOPES; TECTONICS;

ABRUPT CHANGE; ACTIVE TECTONICS; FOCAL MECHANISM; HELIUM ISOTOPES; INTRAPLATE EARTHQUAKES; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; TEAR CONTROL; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES; WESTERN JAPAN;

VOLCANOES;

DEFORMATION; ELECTRICITY; HELIUM ISOTOPE; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION;

JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINE SEA;

EID: 78149445118     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044585     Document Type: Article

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