A delineation of the Nojima fault ruptured in the M7.2 Kobe, Japan, earthquake of 1995 using fault zone trapped waves

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 7247-7263

  Li, Yong Gang ^a   Aki, Keiiti ^a   Vidale, John E ^b   Alvarez, Mark G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; KOBE EARTHQUAKE 1995; SEISMIC WAVE;

EID: 0032502531     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb00166     Document Type: Article

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