Dynamic rupture of the 2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake: Roles of a possible subducting seamount

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Duan, Benchun ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GEODYNAMICS; SEAFLOOR; SEAMOUNT; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE; STRESS; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 84861419339     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB009124     Document Type: Article

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