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Fig. 2

From: The source model and recurrence interval of Genroku-type Kanto earthquakes estimated from paleo-shoreline data

Fig. 2

Schematic representations of plate interface and source regions. A plate interface Σ cuts an elastic surface layer (lithosphere) overlying a Maxwell-type viscoelastic substratum (asthenosphere) under gravity. The shaded areas, Σ T and Σ G , on the plate interface denote the source regions for the Genroku- and Taisho-type earthquakes, respectively. The slip vector w on the plate interface with a unit normal vector n is decomposed into the parallel (w 1) and perpendicular (w 2) components to the direction of plate motion (V pl )

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