Geologic fault model based on the high-resolution seismic reflection profile and aftershock distribution associated with the 2004 Mid-Niigata Prefecture earthquake (M6.8), central Japan

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 447-452

  Kato, Naoko ^a   Echigo, Tomoo ^a   Sato, Hiroshi ^a   Tateishi, Masaaki ^b   Ogino, Sumiko ^a   Sakai, Shin'ichi ^a   Toda, Shigeru ^c   Koshiya, Shin ^d   Ito, Tanio ^e   Toyoshima, Tsuyoshi ^b   Imaizumi, Toshifumi ^f   Kato, Hajime ^g   Abe, Shintaro ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AICHI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^d IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^h CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

2004 Mid Niigata Prefecture earthquake; Active fault and fold; Balanced cross section; Central Japan; Fault model; Seismic reflection profile; Subsurface structure; Surface rupture

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; AFTERSHOCK; CROSS SECTION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; FOLD; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

ASIA; CHUBU; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; NIIGATA; WORLD;

EID: 21844462562     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03351832     Document Type: Article

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