Timing and magnitude of shortening within the inner fore arc of the Japan Trench

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Regalla, Christine ^a   Fisher, Donald ^a   Kirby, Eric ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIP-SLIP FAULT; EROSION RATE; FOLD; FOOTWALL; HANGING WALL; KINEMATICS; QUATERNARY; RELIEF; SLIP RATE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TEPHRA; TRENCH;

HONSHU; JAPAN; JAPAN TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84857573863     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006603     Document Type: Article

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