Supercycle in great earthquake recurrence along the Japan Trench over the last 4000 years

Abstract On the landward slope of the Japan Trench, the mid-slope terrace (MST) is located at a depth of 4000–6000 m. Two piston cores from the MST were analyzed to assess the applicability of the MST for turbidite paleoseismology and to find out reliable recurrence record of the great earthquakes a...

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Main Authors: Kazuko Usami, Ken Ikehara, Toshiya Kanamatsu, Cecilia M. McHugh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-04-01
Series:Geoscience Letters
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40562-018-0110-2