Migration process of very low-frequency events based on a chain-reaction model and its application to the detection of preseismic slip for megathrust earthquakes

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 693-702

  Ariyoshi, Keisuke ^a   Matsuzawa, Toru ^b   Ampuero, Jean Paul ^c   Nakata, Ryoko ^a   Hori, Takane ^a   Kaneda, Yoshiyuki ^a   Hino, Ryota ^b   Hasegawa, Akira ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Friction law; Low frequency tremor; Numerical simulation; Preseismic change; Slow earthquake

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKE; MICROTREMOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC MOMENT; SLIP RATE; THRUST;

EID: 84862846701     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5047/eps.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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