Structural heterogeneity and its implications for the low frequency tremors in Southwest Japan

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 251, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 66-78

  Wang, Zhi ^a   Zhao, Dapeng ^a   Mishra, O P ^a   Yamada, Akira ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crack parameters; Low frequency tremor; Pore fluid pressure; Slab dehydration

Indexed keywords

CRACK DENSITY; LOW FREQUENCY TREMOR; PORE FLUID-PRESSURE; SLAB DEHYDRATION;

DEHYDRATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; POISSON RATIO; POROSITY; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DATA INVERSION; MICROTREMOR; P-WAVE; POISSON RATIO; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33750310948     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.08.025     Document Type: Article

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