Imaging crustal structure around the western segment of the Atotsugawa fault system, central Japan

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Kato, Aitaro ^a   Kurashimo, Eiji ^a   Hirata, Naoshi ^a   Iwasaki, Takaya ^a   Iidaka, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SEISMIC WAVES; STRAIN; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ATOTSUGAWA FAULT SYSTEM; IMAGING CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; NIIGATA-KOBE TECTONIC ZONE (NKTZ);

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA INVERSION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FAULT ZONE; IMAGING METHOD; P-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ASIA; ATOTSUGAWA FAULT ZONE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN;

EID: 33745713512     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL025841     Document Type: Article

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