Structure and lithology of the Japan Trench subduction plate boundary fault

Tectonics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 53-69

  Kirkpatrick, James D ^a   Rowe, Christie D ^b   Ujiie, Kohtaro ^c   Moore, J Casey ^d   Regalla, Christine ^e   Remitti, Francesca ^f   Toy, Virginia ^g   Wolfson Schwehr, Monica ^h   Kameda, Jun ⁱ   Bose, Santanu ^j   Chester, Frederick M ^k  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

ⁱ HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^k TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

aseismic creep; conditional stability; d collement; Japan Trench; JFAST; seismic slip

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FAULT SLIPS; FRICTION; LITHOLOGY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SEISMOLOGY; STRAIN RATE;

CONDITIONAL STABILITY; FRICTIONAL BEHAVIOR; FRICTIONAL PROPERTIES; INTEGRATED OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; JFAST; LOCALIZED DEFORMATIONS; SEISMIC SLIPS; TOHOKU-OKI EARTHQUAKES;

FAULTING;

CREEP; DECOLLEMENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; LITHOLOGY; PLATE BOUNDARY; SLIP RATE; STRAIN RATE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

JAPAN TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84923267402     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: 19449194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014TC003695     Document Type: Article

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