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How to know slow slip events and anticipate future large earthquakes

The technology of positioning ourselves with satellites, called GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) positioning, is now inseparable from our lives. If we apply high-precision analysis technology for GNSS positioning, we can see the plate tectonics at a cm/year-order speed. When this high-precision observation is performed... click to read more

Yusuke Yokota | Lecturer at Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Seafloor geodesy

Subduction zone

Nankai Trough

Slow slip event

GNSS-A

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published on Oct 22, 2020

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