Aseismic slow slip on an inland active fault triggered by a nearby shallow event, the 2008 Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku earthquake (Mw6.8)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 20, 2009, Pages

  Iinuma, T ^a   Ohzono, M ^a   Ohta, Y ^a   Miura, S ^a   Kasahara, M ^b   Takahashi, H ^b   Sagiya, T ^c   Matsushima, T ^d   Nakao, S ^e   Ueki, S ^a   Tachibana, K ^a   Sato, T ^a   Tsushima, H ^a   Takatsuka, K ^a   Yamaguchi, T ^b   Ichiyanagi, M ^b   Takada, M ^b   Ozawa, K ^c   Fukuda, M ^c   Asahi, Y ^c   Nakamoto, M ^d   Yamashita, Y ^d   Umino, N ^a   more..

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; DISPLACEMENT TIME SERIES; GEODETIC NETWORKS; INTRAPLATE EARTHQUAKES; MAINSHOCK; POROELASTIC; SEISMIC HAZARDS; STRESS CHANGES; VISCOELASTIC RELAXATION;

RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME SERIES;

EARTHQUAKES;

ACTIVE FAULT; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GPS; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; SEISMICITY; SLIP RATE; TIME SERIES; VISCOELASTICITY;

HONSHU; IWATE; JAPAN; MIYAGI; TOHOKU;

EID: 72149115415     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040063     Document Type: Article

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