Correlating seismicity parameters and subsidence in the Tokai region, central Japan

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1-14

  Wiemer, Stefan ^a   Yoshida, Akio ^b   Hosono, Kohji ^b   Noguchi, Shin Ichi ^c   Takayama, Hiromi ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

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

^d METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEISMICITY; SUBSIDENCE;

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

EID: 29444454153     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002732     Document Type: Article

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