The 2004 earthquakes offshore of the Kii peninsula, Japan: Hypocentral relocation, source process and tectonic implication

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 165, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 47-55

  Bai, Ling ^a   Bergman, Eric A ^b   Engdahl, E Robert ^b   Kawasaki, Ichiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypocentral location; Outer rise; Source process; Zenisu Ridge

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

UPPERMOST MANTLE; WAVEFORM MODELING METHOD;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FOCAL MECHANISM; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; SOURCE PARAMETERS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KII PENINSULA; KINKI;

EID: 35548965018     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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