Precise aftershock distribution of the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake revealed by an ocean-bottom seismometer network

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1137-1148

  Shinohara, Masanao ^a   Machida, Yuya ^a   Yamada, Tomoaki ^a   Nakahigashi, Kazuo ^a   Shinbo, Takashi ^a   Mochizuki, Kimihiro ^a   Murai, Yoshio ^b   Hino, Ryota ^c   Ito, Yoshihiro ^c   Sato, Toshinori ^d   Shiobara, Hajime ^a   Uehira, Kenji ^e,i   Yakiwara, Hiroshi ^f   Obana, Koichiro ^g   Takahashi, Narumi ^g   Kodaira, Shuichi ^g   Hirata, Kenji ^h   Tsushima, Hiroaki ^h   Iwasaki, Takaya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^h JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Aftershock; Focal mechanism; Ocean bottom seismometer (OBS); Seismicity; The 2011 off the pacific coast of tohoku earthquake

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT SLIP; FOCAL MECHANISM; NORMAL FAULT; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMICITY; STRESS FIELD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

HONSHU; JAPAN; PACIFIC COAST [JAPAN]; TOHOKU;

EID: 84876230389     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5047/eps.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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