Conductivity distribution and seismicity in the northeastern Japan Arc

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 629-636

  Fujinawa, Yukio ^a   Kawakami, Noriaki ^b   Inoue, Jun ^b   Asch, Theodore H ^b   Takasugi, Shinji ^c  

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

^b Geothermal Ener R and D Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c Geothermal Engineering Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD;

EID: 20744453701     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353051     Document Type: Article

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