Focal mechanism and slip history of the 2011 Mw 9.1 off the pacific coast of tohoku earthquake, constrained with teleseismic body and surface waves

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 559-564

  Shao, Guangfu ^a   Li, Xiangyu ^a   Ji, Chen ^a   Maeda, Takahiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Finite fault rupture; Multiple double couples analysis; Near trench asperity

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FOCAL MECHANISM; S-WAVE; SEISMIC MOMENT; SLIP; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

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

EID: 80054766595     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5047/eps.2011.06.028     Document Type: Article

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