Coseismic deformations detectable by satellite gravity missions: A case study of Alaska (1964, 2002) and Hokkaido (2003) earthquakes in the spectral domain

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Sun, Wenke ^a   Okubo, Shuhei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coseismic deformation; Dislocation; Earthquake; Geoid; Gravity; Gravity mission

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GEOID; GRAVITY ANOMALY;

EID: 3242770535     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB02554     Document Type: Article

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