Rock microstructure in the deep extension of the Nagamachi-Rifu fault revealed by analysis of collocated seismic and magnetotelluric data: Implication of strong deformation process

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1357-1368

  Pervukhina, Marina ^a   Kuwahara, Yasuto ^a   Ito, Hisao ^a  

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

Author keywords

Active fault; Electrical and elastic properties of porous rock; Fractal model; Magnetotelluric experiment; Nagamachi Rifu fault; Seicmic velocity tomography

Indexed keywords

FAULT; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE;

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

EID: 20544456540     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353361     Document Type: Article

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