Frequency-dependent rupture process of the 2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku Earthquake: Comparison of short-period P wave backprojection images and broadband seismic rupture models

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 599-602

  Koper, Keith D ^a   Hutko, Alexander R ^b   Lay, Thome ^c   Ammon, Charles J ^d   Kanamori, Hiroo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Data Management Center (DMC)   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Back projection; Great earthquakes; Reverse time imaging; Seismic energy

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT PLANE; GPS; GROUND MOTION; IMAGING METHOD; P-WAVE; SEISMIC MOMENT; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

HONSHU; JAPAN; PACIFIC COAST [JAPAN]; TOHOKU;

EID: 80052483222     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5047/eps.2011.05.026     Document Type: Article

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