Initiation of the great Mw 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 308, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 277-283

  Chu, Risheng ^a,b   Wei, Shengji ^a,b   Helmberger, Don V ^a,b   Zhan, Zhongwen ^a,b   Zhu, Lupei ^c   Kanamori, Hiroo ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake initiation; Earthquake source parameters; The 2011 Tohoku Oki earthquake

Indexed keywords

AIR WATER INTERFACES; COMPARATIVE APPROACH; DEPTH PHASE; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE PARAMETERS; FREQUENCY CONTENTS; MAIN EVENT; SHORT PERIODS; TELESEISMIC; THE 2011 TOHOKU-OKI EARTHQUAKE; WATER DEPTH; WATER PHASE;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EARTHQUAKES;

AIR-WATER INTERACTION; BATHYMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SOURCE;

HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 79960557025     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.06.031     Document Type: Article

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