3D modeling of the cycle of a great Tohoku-oki earthquake, considering frictional behavior at low to high slip velocities

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 21, 2011, Pages

  Shibazaki, B ^a   Matsuzawa, T ^b   Tsutsumi, A ^c   Ujiie, K ^d   Hasegawa, A ^e   Ito, Y ^e  

^a BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

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

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FRICTION; STRENGTHENING (METAL); THREE DIMENSIONAL;

3-D MODELING; FRICTION LAWS; FRICTIONAL BEHAVIOR; LARGE DISPLACEMENTS; LOW-TO-HIGH; MEGATHRUST EARTHQUAKES; SLIP VELOCITY; STATE-DEPENDENT; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TWO-STATE;

VELOCITY;

ASPERITY; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FRICTION; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SLIP RATE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011;

HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 81155124359     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049308     Document Type: Article

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