Very-long-period pulses at Asama volcano, central Japan, inferred from dense seismic observations

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 265-282

  Maeda, Yuta ^a   Takeo, Minoru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Earthquake dynamics; Earthquake source observations; Explosive volcanism; Phase transitions; Subduction zone processes; Volcano seismology

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE DYNAMICS; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE OBSERVATIONS; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; SUBDUCTION ZONE PROCESSES; VOLCANO SEISMOLOGY;

CRACKS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); EARTHQUAKES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; VOLCANOES;

TENSORS;

EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; GREEN FUNCTION; MOMENT TENSOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHASE TRANSITION; SOURCE PARAMETERS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANOLOGY;

ASAMA VOLCANO; CHUBU; HONSHU; JAPAN; NAGANO;

EID: 79952643469     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.04938.x     Document Type: Article

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