Statistic analysis of swarm activities around the Boso Peninsula, Japan: Slow slip events beneath Tokyo Bay?

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 419-426

  Okutani, Tsubasa ^a   Ide, Satoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boso peninsula; ETAS model; Seismicity; Slow slip event; Swarm

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FOCAL MECHANISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMICITY; SLIP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

BOSO PENINSULA; CHIBA; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO BAY;

EID: 79960779363     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5047/eps.2011.02.010     Document Type: Article

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