Saeko Kita

Thermal–petrological controls on the location of earthquakes within subducting plates

G. A. Abers, Junichi Nakajima, Peter E. van Keken et al. · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2013 · 164 citations

Engineering, Plate Boundary, Seismology +7

Anomalous deepening of a seismic belt in the upper-plane of the double seismic zone in the Pacific slab beneath the Hokkaido corner: Possible evidence for thermal shielding caused by subducted forearc crust materials

Saeko Kita, Tomomi Okada, Akira Hasegawa et al. · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2010 · 162 citations

Geophysics, Hokkaido Corner, Plate Tectonics +9

Existence of a seismic belt in the upper plane of the double seismic zone extending in the along‐arc direction at depths of 70–100 km beneath NE Japan

Saeko Kita, Tomomi Okada, Junichi Nakajima et al. · Geophysical Research Letters · 2006 · 161 citations

Engineering, Upper Plane, Seismic Wave +19

Existence of interplane earthquakes and neutral stress boundary between the upper and lower planes of the double seismic zone beneath Tohoku and Hokkaido, northeastern Japan

Saeko Kita, Tomomi Okada, Akira Hasegawa et al. · Tectonophysics · 2010 · 93 citations

Geophysics, Engineering, Seismology +10

Tomographic imaging of hydrated crust and mantle in the subducting Pacific slab beneath Hokkaido, Japan: Evidence for dehydration embrittlement as a cause of intraslab earthquakes

Junichi Nakajima, Yusuke Tsuji, Akira Hasegawa et al. · Gondwana Research · 2009 · 93 citations

Geophysics, Plate Tectonics, Crustal Deformation +11