Seismic structure of rifting in the Okinawa Trough, an active backarc basin of the Ryukyu (Nansei-Shoto) island arc–trench system

Seismic structure of rifting in the Okinawa Trough, an active backarc basin of the Ryukyu (Nansei-Shoto) island arc–trench system

Abstract The Okinawa Trough, to the southwest of Kyusyu, Japan, is an active backarc basin of the Ryukyu (Nansei-Shoto) island arc–trench system caused by the Philippine Sea plate subduction. Unlike other backarc basins around Japan, the Okinawa Trough, ~ 1000 km in length, is unique because the cru...

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Main Authors: Azusa Nishizawa, Kentaro Kaneda, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Daishi Horiuchi, Yukari Fujioka, Chiaki Okada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-02-01
Series:Earth, Planets and Space
Subjects:
Okinawa Trough
Seismic structure
Backarc rifting
Crustal thinning
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40623-019-0998-6

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