Development of multiscale slip inversion method and its application to the 2004 mid-Niigata Prefecture earthquake

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Uchide, Takahiko ^a   Ide, Satoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GREEN FUNCTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC SOURCE; SLIP RATE;

EID: 34548437388     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004528     Document Type: Article

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