An intermediate deep earthquake rupturing on a dip-bending fault: Waveform analysis of the 2003 Miyagi-ken Oki earthquake

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Wu, Changjiang ^a   Takeo, Minoru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

7203 Seismology: Body wave propagation; 7209 Seismology: Earthquake dynamics and mechanics; 7215 Seismology: Earthquake parameters; 7230 Seismology: Seismicity and seismotectonics; 7260 Seismology: Theory and modeling

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); GEOPHYSICS; POLARIZATION; STRESS ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

BENDING FAULTS; INTERMEDIATE DEPTHS; STRESS FIELDS;

EARTHQUAKES;

DIP; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT PLANE; FAULT SLIP;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; MIYAGI; TOHOKU; WORLD;

EID: 14544296575     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021228     Document Type: Article

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