3-D finite-difference simulation of seismic fault zone waves - Application to the fault zone structure of the Mozumi-Sukenobu fault, central Japan

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1055-1058

  Mamada, Yutaka ^a   Kuwahara, Yasuto ^a   Ito, Hisao ^a   Takenaka, Hiroshi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 0742295690     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353301     Document Type: Article

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