New subseafloor observatory begins measurement of frictional heating by the 2011 Tohoku, Japan earthquake

Monday, July 23, 2012 - 09:31 in Earth & Climate

On July 16, 2012, Chikyu, operations in the second part of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Japan Trench Fast Drilling Project (JFAST), achieved another objective by installing temperature sensors across the plate boundary where the science team infers the fault slipped during the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake.

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