Hypocenter depths of large interplate earthquakes and their relation to seismic coupling

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 210, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 53-63

  Kato, Naoyuki ^a   Seno, Tetsuzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Friction; Hypocenter depth; Numerical simulation; Seismic coupling; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

COUPLING; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULTING; FRICTION; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 0038353691     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00141-9     Document Type: Article

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