Precise hypocenter distribution of deep low-frequency earthquakes and its relationship to the local geometry of the subducting plate in the Nankai subduction zone, Japan

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Ohta, Kazuaki ^a   Ide, Satoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SHEAR ZONE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

JAPAN;

EID: 79551644118     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007857     Document Type: Article

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