Strain and stress changes in the Tokai region of central Japan expected from a 3D subduction model

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 231-252

  Kuroki, Hidekuni ^a   Ito, Hidemi M ^b   Yoshida, Akio ^b  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3D simulation model; Coulomb failure stress; Focal mechanism; Principal strain; Rate and state dependent friction law; Tokai region

Indexed keywords

COULOMB CRITERION; EARTHQUAKE; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMICITY; STRAIN; STRESS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

HONSHU; JAPAN; TOKAI;

EID: 0037800327     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(03)00027-X     Document Type: Article

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