Three-dimensional seismic velocity structure around the focal area of the 1978 Miyagi-Oki earthquake

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Yamamoto, Yojiro ^a   Hino, Ryota ^a   Nishino, Minoru ^a   Yamada, Tomoaki ^b   Kanazawa, Toshihiko ^b   Hashimoto, Tetsuo ^c   Aoki, Gen ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; SHOCK WAVES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

MIYAGI-OKI EARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FOCAL MECHANISM; P-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; MIYAGI; TOHOKU;

EID: 33745865452     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025619     Document Type: Article

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