Spatiotemporal variation in b value within the subducting slab prior to the 2003 Tokachi-oki earthquake (M 8.0), Japan

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Nakaya, Shinji ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33646374919     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003658     Document Type: Article

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