Space geodesy now provides quantitative maps of the surface velocity field within
tectonically active regions, supplying constraints on the spatial distribution of deformation …

Plate boundaries are the most active, unstable and hazardous areas on Earth. The aim of
this study is twofold. 1) Provide an overview of the main structural features along divergent …

Interseismic deformation in Japan results from the combined effects of tectonic processes
including rotation of crustal blocks and the earthquake cycle process of elastic strain …

Abstract The 11 March 2011 Tohoku Earthquake provides an unprecedented test of the
extent to which Coulomb stress transfer governs the triggering of aftershocks. During 11–31 …

We first determine the configuration of the upper surface of the Pacific (PAC) slab beneath
Kanto, Japan, from the distribution of interplate earthquakes relocated by an appropriate 1 …

Slow (aseismic) slip that accommodates part of the long-term plate motion on subduction
megathrusts is thought to be strongly related to the occurrence of large earthquakes on the …

Southwest Japan is located in the subduction margin between the continental Amurian and
oceanic Philippine Sea plates. Recent land GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) and …

Geodetic observations of interseismic deformation provide constraints on the partitioning of
fault slip across plate boundary zones, the spatial distribution of both elastic and inelastic …

We review geophysical and geological data from 23 active and ancient plate boundaries to
document a compelling spatial and temporal relationship between collision, plate boundary …

Interplate coupling in the southernmost extent of the northeast Japan subduction zone (east
off-Kanto, Japan) is investigated in detail using a large data set of small repeating …