Fault models of unusual tsunami in the 17th century along the Kuril trench

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 925-935

  Satake, K ^a,c   Nanayama, F ^a   Yamaki, S ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b Seamus Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kuril trench; Multi segment earthquake; Numerical simulation; Paleoseismology; Tsunami; Tsunami deposit

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT; NUMERICAL METHOD; PALEOSEISMICITY; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; SIMULATION; TSUNAMI;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; HONSHU; IWATE; JAPAN; KURIL TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN; SANRIKU; TOHOKU;

EID: 56549112785     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352848     Document Type: Article

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