Precursory seismic anomalies and transient crustal deformation prior to the 2008 Mw = 6.9 Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku, Japan, earthquake

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Kumazawa, Takao ^a   Ogata, Yosihiko ^a,b   Toda, Shinji ^c  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COULOMB CRITERION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMICITY; STRESS CHANGE;

HONSHU; JAPAN;

EID: 78149296362     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007567     Document Type: Article

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