Invited review paper: The control of subduction zone structural complexity and geometry on margin segmentation and seismicity

Tectonophysics

Volumn 589, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-16

  Kopp, H ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

High resolution bathymetry data; Margin segmentation; Marine forearc structure; Megathrust earthquakes; Oceanic plateau subduction; Tomographic images

Indexed keywords

FOREARC; HIGH-RESOLUTION BATHYMETRIES; MEGATHRUST EARTHQUAKES; OCEANIC PLATEAUX; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES;

EARTHQUAKES; GEOMETRY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); TOMOGRAPHY;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

CONVERGENT MARGIN; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; IMAGING METHOD; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMICITY; SLIP; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 84875375334     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.12.037     Document Type: Review

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