Depth-dependent activity of non-volcanic tremor in southwest Japan

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 2010, Pages

  Obara, Kazushige ^a,b   Tanaka, Sachiko ^b   Maeda, Takuto ^a   Matsuzawa, Takanori ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIMODAL DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RESOLUTION; LOCATION METHOD; NON-VOLCANIC TREMORS; SLIP PROPERTIES; SLOW SLIP EVENTS; VERY LOW FREQUENCY;

VOLCANOES;

DIP-SLIP FAULT; GEODETIC DATUM; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PLATE TECTONICS; SLIP RATE; SUBDUCTION;

JAPAN; SHIKOKU;

EID: 77954682948     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043679     Document Type: Article

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