Dynamic modeling of slow slip coupled with tremor

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Yamashita, Teruo ^a   Suzuki, Takehito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FLUID FLOW; FLUID PRESSURE; GROUND MOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POROELASTICITY; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SLIP RATE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84859896068     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB008136     Document Type: Article

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