A cause of rupture segmentation and synchronization in the Nankai trough revealed by seismic imaging and numerical simulation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Kodaira, Shuichi ^a   Hori, Takane ^a   Ito, Aki ^a   Muira, Seiichi ^a   Fujie, Gou ^a   Park, Jin Oh ^a   Baba, Toshitaka ^a   Sakaguchi, Hide ^a   Kaneda, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; IMAGE PROCESSING; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOLOGY; SLIP; TROUGH;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NANKAI TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34250839915     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB004030     Document Type: Article

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