Delineation of probable asperities on the atotsugawa fault, central Japan, using a dense temporary seismic network

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC WAVES; TOMOGRAPHY;

DOUBLE-DIFFERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; FAULT;

TECTONICS;

ARRIVAL TIME; ASPERITY; CREEP; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

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

EID: 34347229357     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029604     Document Type: Article

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