High-frequency rupture properties of the Mw 9.0 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 609-614

  Ishii, Miaki ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Back projection; Frequency dependence; High frequency; Rupture properties

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; SEISMIC SOURCE;

HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 80455128456     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5047/eps.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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