The nature of volcanic earthquake swarm preceding the 2000 flank eruption at Usu volcano, Hokkaido, Japan

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 265-275

  Zobin, Vyacheslav M ^a   Nishimura, Yuichi ^b   Miyamura, Jun'ichi ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA   (Mexico)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Sapporo District Meteorological Observatory   (Japan)

Author keywords

Earthquake swarm; Hokkaido; S wave spectra; Stress drop; Usu volcano; Volcano tectonice arthquakes

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; S-WAVE; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; MOUNT USU;

EID: 33745252566     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02728.x     Document Type: Article

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