Reexamination of the present stress state of the Atera fault system, central Japan, based on the calibrated crustal stress data of hydraulic fracturing tests obtained by measuring the tensile strength of rocks

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Yamashita, Futoshi ^a   Mizoguchi, Kazuo ^a   Fukuyama, Eiichi ^a   Omura, Kentaro ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DISLOCATION; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; GPS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; ROCK PROPERTY; SLIP; SLIP RATE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ATERA FAULT ZONE; ATOTSUGAWA FAULT ZONE; HONSHU; JAPAN;

EID: 84055191435     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006287     Document Type: Article

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