Along-dip segmentation of the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake and comparison with other megathrust earthquakes

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 697-701

  Yomogida, Kiyoshi ^a   Yoshizawa, Kazunori ^a   Koyama, Junji ^a   Tsuzuki, Motohiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

2011 Tohoku earthquake; Along dip segmentation; Along strike variability; Megathrust earthquake; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; SEGMENTATION; SEISMICITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THRUST FAULT; TSUNAMI;

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

EID: 83155168394     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5047/eps.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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