Depth dependence of rupture velocity in deep earthquakes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Suzuki, Mitsuru ^a   Yagi, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BACK PROJECTION; DEPTH DEPENDENCE; DEPTH RANGE; FRACTURE SURFACES; P-WAVES; RUPTURE PROCESS; RUPTURE PROPAGATION; RUPTURE VELOCITIES; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; TELESEISMIC;

SHEAR FLOW;

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; P-WAVE; RUPTURE; S-WAVE; SEISMICITY; SURFACE ENERGY; TELESEISMIC WAVE; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 79952650216     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL046807     Document Type: Article

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