Temporal changes in state of stress in the Tokachi Oki area after the 2003 Tokachi Oki earthquake

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 83-91

  Ghimire, Subesh ^a   Katsumata, Kei ^a   Kasahara, Minoru ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

2003 Tokachi Oki earthquake; Stress tensor inversion

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; STRESS FIELD;

AICHI; ASIA; CHUBU; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOKAI [AICHI]; WORLD;

EID: 21844440305     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352552     Document Type: Article

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