Precise aftershock distribution of the 2004 Mid-Niigata prefecture earthquake-Implication for a very weak region in the lower crust

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 172, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 345-352

  Iio, Yoshihisa ^a   Shibutani, Takuo ^a   Matsumoto, Satoshi ^b   Katao, Hiroshi ^a   Matsushima, Takeshi ^b   Ohmi, Shiro ^a   Takeuchi, Fumiaki ^a   Uehira, Kenji ^b   Nishigami, Kinya ^a   Miyazawa, Masatoshi ^a   Enescu, Bogdan ^a   Hirose, Issei ^a   Kano, Yasuyuki ^a   Kohno, Yuhki ^b   Tatsumi, Ken'ichi ^a   Ueno, Tomotake ^a   Wada, Hiroo ^a   Yukutake, Yohei ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aftershock distribution; Intraplate earthquake; Lower crust; The 2004 Mid Niigata prefecture earthquake; Weak zone

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; SEISMOLOGY; STRAIN RATE; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

AFTERSHOCK DISTRIBUTION; INTRAPLATE EARTHQUAKE; LOWER CRUST; THE 2004 MID-NIIGATA PREFECTURE EARTHQUAKE; WEAK ZONE;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

AFTERSHOCK; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; LOWER CRUST; STRAIN RATE;

EID: 57749183858     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.10.014     Document Type: Article

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