Dynamic rupture of crosscutting faults: A possible rupture processfor the 2007 Mw6.6 Niigata-ken Chuetsu-Oki earthquake

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Aochi, Hideo ^a   Kato, Aitaro ^b  

^a Natural Risks and CO2 Storage Safety Division   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY INTEGRAL METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULTING; FOCAL MECHANISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIFTING;

CHUBU; HONSHU; JAPAN; NIIGATA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 78049319029     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006556     Document Type: Article

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