Triggering and inhibition of great Japanese earthquakes: The effect of Nobi 1891 on Tonankai 1944, Nankaido 1946 and Tokai

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 206, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 289-296

  Rydelek, Paul A ^a   Sacks, I Selwyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fault process modeling; Nobi earthquake; Postseismic relaxation; Stress diffusion; Tokai earthquake

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FAULTING; INHIBITION; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; STRAIN; STRESS;

HONSHU; JAPAN; NANKAI TROUGH; PHILIPPINE SEA; SURUGA TROUGH;

EID: 0037441704     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)01095-6     Document Type: Article

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