San-in shear zone in southwest Japan, revealed by GNSS observations

Abstract A right-lateral shear zone in the San-in region, southwest Japan, has been proposed by previous geological and seismological studies. It locates 350 km north of the Nankai Trough, that is, the main plate boundary between the subducting Philippine Sea and overriding Amurian plates and presum...

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Main Authors: Takuya Nishimura, Youichiro Takada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-06-01
Series:Earth, Planets and Space
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40623-017-0673-8