Stress fields and fault reactivation angles of the 2000 western Tottori aftershocks and the 2001 northern Hyogo swarm in southwest Japan

Tectonophysics

Volumn 378, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 223-239

  Kubo, Atsuki ^a   Fukuyama, Eiichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

Author keywords

2000 western Tottori earthquake; 2001 northern Hyogo swarm; Coefficient of friction; Stress field near fault; Stress tensor inversion

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; FRICTION; MOMENT TENSOR; STRESS FIELD;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; HYOGO; JAPAN; KINKI;

EID: 0942267296     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2003.09.009     Document Type: Article

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