Modeling the foreshock sequence prior to the 2011, MW9.0 Tohoku, Japan, earthquake

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Marsan, D ^a   Enescu, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FORESHOCK; MODELING; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMICITY; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011;

JAPAN;

EID: 84863335587     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB009039     Document Type: Article

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