Distribution and properties of fractures in and around the Nojima Fault in the Hirabayashi GSJ borehole

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 240, Issue , 2005, Pages 61-74

  Ito, Hisao ^a   Kiguchi, T ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT ZONE; KOBE EARTHQUAKE 1995; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR STRESS;

ASIA; AWAJI; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; HYOGO; JAPAN; KINKI; NOJIMA FAULT ZONE; WORLD;

EID: 14244256213     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.240.01.06     Document Type: Article

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