Coseismic slip distribution of the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake (M9.0) refined by means of seafloor geodetic data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Iinuma, T ^a   Hino, R ^a   Kido, M ^a   Inazu, D ^a,b   Osada, Y ^a   Ito, Y ^a   Ohzono, M ^c   Tsushima, H ^d   Suzuki, S ^a   Fujimoto, H ^a   Miura, S ^e  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; GEODESY; GPS; PACIFIC PLATE; SEAFLOOR; SLIP; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011; TSUNAMI;

EID: 84864603828     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009186     Document Type: Article

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