Source mechanisms of deep and intermediate-depth low-frequency earthquakes beneath Iwate volcano, northeastern Japan

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 811-828

  Nakamichi, Haruhisa ^a   Hamaguchi, Hiroyuki ^a   Tanaka, Satoru ^a   Ueki, Sadato ^a   Nishimura, Takeshi ^a   Hasegawa, Akira ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Magma; Seismicity; Source mechanism; Spectral ratio

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; MAGMATISM; SEISMICITY; SOURCE PARAMETERS; VOLCANO;

JAPAN;

EID: 0141633855     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01991.x     Document Type: Article

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