Characteristic activity and migration of episodic tremor and slow-slip events in central Japan

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 853-862

  Obara, Kazushige ^a   Sekine, Shutaro ^a  

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

Author keywords

Migration; Non volcanic tremor; Plate interface; Slow slip event; Subduction zone; Transition zone

Indexed keywords

DATA INVERSION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; MICROTREMOR; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TILT; TRANSITION ZONE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; ISE BAY; JAPAN;

EID: 70549112138     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: None     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353196     Document Type: Article

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