Seamount subduction and rupture characteristics of the March 11, 2011, Tohoku earthquake

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 245-251

  Kundu, Bhaskar ^a   Gahalaut, V K ^a   Catherine, J K ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Coupling; Japan trench; Seamounts; Tohoku earthquake

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; SEAMOUNT; SLIP RATE; SUBDUCTION; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011;

JAPAN TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84861438446     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: 09746889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12594-012-0047-6     Document Type: Article

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