The 1995 Kobe earthquake: Seismic image of the source zone and its implications for the rupture nucleation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 9967-9986

  Zhao, Dapeng ^a   Negishi, Hiroaki ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE; KOBE EARTHQUAKE 1995; RUPTURE MECHANISM;

EID: 0345228094     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb03670     Document Type: Article

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