Continuous Long-Term Seafloor Pressure Observation for Detecting Slow-Slip Interplate Events in Miyagi-Oki on the Landward Japan Trench Slope

Journal of Disaster Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 72-82

  Hino, Ryota ^a   Ii, Shiori ^a   Iinuma, Takeshi ^a   Fujimoto, Hiromi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

interplate episodic slow slip; megathrust earthquakes; pressure monitoring; seafloor geodesy

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FAULT SLIPS;

EPISODIC SLOW SLIPS; INTERPLATE EARTHQUAKES; INTERPLATE EPISODIC SLOW-SLIP; MEGATHRUST EARTHQUAKES; PACIFIC PLATES; PRESSURE MONITORING; SEAFLOOR GEODESY; SEAFLOORS; SLOW SLIP EVENTS; THRUST FAULTING;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 84555222784     PISSN: 18812473     EISSN: 18838030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/jdr.2009.p0072     Document Type: Article

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