The M w 9.0 northeast Japan earthquake: Total rupture of a basement asperity

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-5

  Hashimoto, Chihiro ^a   Noda, Akemi ^b   Matsu'ura, Mitsuhiro ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOZO KEIKAKU ENGINEERING INC   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dynamics and mechanics of faulting; Inverse theory; Space geodetic surveys; Subduction zone processes

Indexed keywords

BIMODAL DISTRIBUTION; COSEISMIC SLIPS; INTERPLATE EARTHQUAKES; INVERSE THEORY; INVERSION ANALYSIS; INVERSION METHODS; MAXIMUM SLIP; NORTH AMERICAN; PLATE INTERFACES; SOURCE REGION; SPACE GEODETIC SURVEYS; SUBDUCTION ZONES; SUDDEN RELEASE; TECTONIC STRESS;

BUILDINGS; GEODETIC SATELLITES;

EARTHQUAKES;

ASPERITY; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DATA INVERSION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; GEODESY; GPS; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; PACIFIC PLATE; SLIP; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONICS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011;

EID: 84858623549     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05368.x     Document Type: Article

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