Seismic reflection profiling across the seismogenic fault of the 1995 Kobe earthquake, southwestern Japan

Tectonophysics

Volumn 286, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 19-30

  Sato, H ^a   Hirata, H ^a   Ito, T ^b   Tsumura, N ^b   Ikawa, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

1995 Kobe (Hyogo ken Nanbu) earthquake; Aftershock distribution; Fault geometry; Palaeoseismology; Seismic reflection profiling; Southwestern Japan

Indexed keywords

KOBE EARTHQUAKE 1995; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMOGENIC FAULT;

JAPAN;

EID: 0031687043     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00252-7     Document Type: Article

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