High-frequency source radiation during the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake, Japan, inferred from KiK-net strong-motion seismograms

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 222-239

  Kumagai, Hiroyuki ^a   Pulido, Nelson ^a   Fukuyama, Eiichi ^a   Aoi, Shin ^a  

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

Author keywords

Asperity; Seismic amplitude; Source location; Strong motion waveform

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; ASPERITY; S-WAVE; SEISMOGRAM; SEISMOLOGY; SLAB; STRONG MOTION; TELESEISMIC WAVE; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84876299169     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009670     Document Type: Article

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