Characteristics of short-term slow slip events estimated from deep low-frequency tremors in Shikoku, Japan

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Hirose, Tetsuya ^a   Hiramatsu, Yoshihiro ^a   Obara, Kazushige ^b,c  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUND MOTION; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; POWER LAW; SEISMIC MOMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SLIP RATE; SUBDUCTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRANSITION ZONE; TRENCH;

JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINE SEA; SHIKOKU;

EID: 77958136672     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007608     Document Type: Article

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