Source model for strong ground motion generation in the frequency range 0.1-10 Hz during the 2011 Tohoku earthquake

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1111-1123

  Asano, Kimiyuki ^a   Iwata, Tomotaka ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

2011 tohoku earthquake; Asperity.; Broadband strong ground motion simulation; Empirical green's function method; Generation area; Source model; Strong motion

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; ASPERITY; COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FAULT PLANE; GREEN FUNCTION; GROUND MOTION; SEISMIC SOURCE; SLIP; STRONG MOTION; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011; TRENCH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELING;

JAPAN; PACIFIC COAST [JAPAN]; CHUGOKU; FUKUSHIMA [TOHOKU]; HONSHU; MIYAGI; OKI ISLANDS; SHIMANE; TOHOKU;

EID: 84876228514     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5047/eps.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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