Spatial distribution of intermediate-depth earthquakes with horizontal or vertical nodal planes beneath northeastern Japan

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 63-89

  Kosuga, Masahiro ^a   Sato, Tamao ^a   Hasegawa, Akira ^b   Matsuzawa, Toru ^b   Suzuki, Sadaomi ^c   Motoya, Yoshinobu ^d  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FOCAL MECHANISM; HORIZONTAL FAULT PLANE; KUSHIRO-OKI EARTHQUAKE 1993;

JAPAN;

EID: 0029730866     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(95)03089-1     Document Type: Article

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