The 1923 Kanto earthquake reevaluated using a newly augmented geodetic data set

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Nyst, M ^a,b   Nishimura, T ^c   Pollitz, F F ^a   Thatcher, W ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Risk Management Solutions Inc   (United States)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY ASSAY LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DEFORMATION; DISLOCATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT GEOMETRY; GEODETIC DATUM; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE MOTION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TRIANGULATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; SAGAMI BAY;

EID: 34547913485     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003628     Document Type: Article

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