Magnetotelluric transect across the Niigata-Kobe Tectonic Zone, central Japan: A clear correlation between strain accumulation and resistivity structure

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 20, 2009, Pages

  Yoshimura, R ^a   Oshiman, N ^a   Uyeshima, M ^b   Toh, H ^a,c   Uto, T ^a   Kanezaki, H ^c   Mochido, Y ^d   Aizawa, K ^b   Ogawa, Y ^e   Nishitani, T ^f   Sakanaka, S ^f   Mishina, M ^g   Satoh, H ^h,i   Goto, T ^a,j   Kasaya, T ^j   Yamaguchi, S ^k   Murakami, H ^l   Mogi, T ^m   Yamaya, Y ^m   Harada, M ⁿ   Shiozaki, I ^d   Honkura, Y ^e   Koyama, S ^b   Nakao, S ^a   Wada, Y ^a   Fujita, Y ^a   more..

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^d TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

ⁱ Nippon Engineering Consultants Co Ltd   (Japan)

^j JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^k KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^m HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁿ TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; DISPLACEMENT RATE; LOW-VELOCITY; LOWER CRUST; MAGNETOTELLURICS; MICRO-EARTHQUAKES; RESISTIVE ZONES; RESISTIVITY STRUCTURE; STRAIN ACCUMULATIONS; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL; UPPER CRUST;

RESISTORS;

TECTONICS;

DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT ZONE; LOWER CRUST; MAGNETOTELLURIC METHOD; MICROEARTHQUAKE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; HYOGO; JAPAN; KINKI; KOBE; NIIGATA;

EID: 72149105593     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040016     Document Type: Article

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