Estimation of the stress field in the region of the 2000 Western Tottori Earthquake: Using numerous aftershock focal mechanisms

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Yukutake, Yohei ^a,b   Iio, Yoshihisa ^a   Katao, Hiroshi ^a   Shibutani, Takuo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FOCAL MECHANISM; STRESS CHANGE; STRESS FIELD;

ASIA; CHUGOKU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOTTORI [CHUGOKU];

EID: 36049010737     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB004250     Document Type: Article

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