Deep structure of the Nojima Fault, southwest Japan, estimated from borehole observations of fault-zone trapped waves

Tectonophysics

Volumn 417, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 231-247

  Mizuno, Takashi ^a   Nishigami, Kinya ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Borehole seismic observations; Fault tectonics; Fault zone; Trapped wave

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE; LOVE WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMOGRAM; SEISMOGRAPH; TECTONICS; TRAPPED WAVE; WAVE VELOCITY;

ASIA; AWAJI; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; HYOGO; JAPAN; KINKI; NOJIMA FAULT ZONE;

EID: 33645752240     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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