Seismic images of the source area of the 2004 Mid-Niigata prefecture earthquake in Northeast Japan

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 244, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 16-31

  Wang, Zhi ^a   Zhao, Dapeng ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

2004 Mid Niigata prefecture earthquake; Crustal earthquake; Fluids; Seismic tomography; Slab dehydration

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EARTHQUAKE; PREFECTURE EARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC IMAGES; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SLAB DEHYDRATION;

DEHYDRATION; EARTHQUAKES; GEOLOGY; POISSON RATIO; SEISMIC WAVES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; VELOCITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC SOURCE;

ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; NIIGATA;

EID: 33645532851     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.02.015     Document Type: Article

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