Double seismic zone in the North Mariana region revealed by long-term ocean bottom array observation

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1455-1469

  Shiobara, Hajime ^a   Sugioka, Hiroko ^b   Mochizuki, Kimihiro ^a   Oki, Satoko ^a   Kanazawa, Toshihiko ^a   Fukao, Yoshio ^b   Suyehiro, Kiyoshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Earthquake source observations; Pacific Oceans; Seismicity and tectonics; Subduction zone processes

Indexed keywords

BACK-ARC BASIN; DETERMINATION ERROR; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE; FOREARC; GRAVITY ANOMALIES; HYPOCENTRE; ISLAND ARC; LOW VELOCITIES; NARROW CHANNEL; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; PACIFIC OCEANS; PACIFIC PLATES; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMIC ARRAYS; SEISMIC ZONES; SEISMICITY AND TECTONICS; SHALLOW SEISMIC; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; SUBDUCTION ZONE PROCESSES; VELOCITY MODEL;

EARTHQUAKES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SERPENTINE; SHEAR FLOW; SILICATE MINERALS;

TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; P-WAVE; PACIFIC PLATE; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; SEISMOGRAPH; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBMARINE TERRACE; TECTONIC SETTING; WAVE SPLITTING;

MARIANA ISLANDS;

EID: 78449257828     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04799.x     Document Type: Article

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