Dynamic deformation of the accretionary prism excites very low frequency earthquakes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Ito, Yoshihiro ^a   Obara, Kazushige ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; TECTONICS; TENSORS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; DYNAMIC DEFORMATION; LOW FREQUENCY EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKES;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; DEFORMATION; SEISMICITY;

EID: 33644759710     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025270     Document Type: Article

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