Seismicity quiescence and activation in western Japan associated with the 1944 and 1946 great earthquakes near the Nankai trough

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Ogata, Yosihiko ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coulomb stress changes; Postseismic effect; Stress shadow

Indexed keywords

COULOMB CRITERION; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; SEISMICITY; STRESS CHANGE;

NANKAI TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 3242813729     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002634     Document Type: Article

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