Pelagic smectite as an important factor in tsunamigenic slip along the Japan Trench

Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 155-158

  Kameda, Jun ^a   Shimizu, Mayuko ^b,h   Ujiie, Kohtaro ^c   Hirose, Takehiro ^d   Ikari, Matt ^e   Mori, James ^f   Oohashi, Kiyokazu ^g,i   Kimura, Gaku ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

ⁱ YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEPWATER DRILLING; EARTHQUAKES; TSUNAMIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

2011 TOHOKU-OKI EARTHQUAKES; DEEP SEA DRILLING; DRILLING PROJECTS; IN-COMING SEDIMENTS; INTEGRATED OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS; MINERALOGICAL FEATURES; SUBDUCTION INTERFACE;

FAULTING;

FAULT SLIP; MINERALOGY; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PELAGIC DEPOSIT; PLATE BOUNDARY; SMECTITE; SUBDUCTION; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011; TSUNAMI;

JAPAN TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84921735405     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G35948.1     Document Type: Article

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