Dynamic rupture simulation of the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake: Multi-event generation within dozens of seconds

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1167-1175

  Goto, Hiroyuki ^a   Yamamoto, Yojiro ^b   Kita, Saeko ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dynamic rupture simulation; Strong ground motion; The 2011 off the pacific coast of tohoku earthquake

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GROUND MOTION; SOURCE PARAMETERS; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

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

EID: 84876258285     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5047/eps.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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