Stress loading and the occurrence of normal-type earthquakes under Boso Peninsula, Japan
Abstract Boso Peninsula, Japan, was formed by the interaction of the Philippine Sea, Eurasian and Pacific plates around the trench–trench–trench Boso triple junction. Normal-type earthquakes are persistently observed in the subducting Philippine Sea slab under the peninsula at a depth of ~ 30 km, in...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2020-06-01
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| Series: | Earth, Planets and Space |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40623-020-01201-6 |