Seismic evidence for the influence of fluids on the 2005 west off Fukuoka prefecture earthquake in southwest Japan

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 155, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 313-324

  Wang, Zhi ^a   Zhao, Dapeng ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

2005 West off Fukuoka prefecture earthquake; Fluid; Hypocenter location; Seismic tomography

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FLUIDS; POISSON RATIO; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FUKUOKA PREFECTURE EARTHQUAKE; SEISMIS TOMOGRAPHY;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULT ZONE; FRACTURED MEDIUM; P-WAVE; POISSON RATIO; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUKUOKA [KYUSHU]; JAPAN; KYUSHU;

EID: 33646500555     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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