Depth-dependent mode of tremor migration beneath Kii Peninsula, Nankai subduction zone

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Obara, Kazushige ^a   Matsuzawa, Takanori ^b   Tanaka, Sachiko ^b   Maeda, Takuto ^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

TECTONICS;

AT-SPEED; CASCADIA; DEPTH DEPENDENTS; DIFFUSION PROCESS; MANTLE WEDGE; MEASUREMENT TIME; MIGRATION MODE; NANKAI SUBDUCTION ZONE; NON-VOLCANIC TREMORS; PLATE INTERFACES; SLIP PULSE; SPACE AND TIME; SUBDUCTING PLATE;

SPEED;

DIFFUSION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; PLATE TECTONICS; SEISMIC MIGRATION; SEISMIC ZONE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRIATION; STRIKE (GEOLOGY); SUBDUCTION ZONE; VELOCITY PROFILE; CREEP; MANTLE; PLATE MOTION; SLIP RATE;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KII PENINSULA; KINKI; NANKAI TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN; CHINA; NANKAI; TIANJIN;

EID: 84861658339     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051420     Document Type: Article

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