Characteristics and interactions between non-volcanic tremor and related slow earthquakes in the Nankai subduction zone, southwest Japan

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 229-248

  Obara, Kazushige ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Non volcanic tremor; Plate boundary; Slow earthquake; Slow slip event; Subduction zone; Very low frequency earthquake

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; GEODESY; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; SLIP; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

JAPAN; NANKAI TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79960647955     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2011.04.002     Document Type: Review

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