Source process of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake estimated from the joint inversion of teleseismic body waves and geodetic data including seafloor observation data: Source model with enhanced reliability by using objectively determined inversion settings

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 2 B, 2013, Pages 1195-1220

  Kubo, Hisahiko ^a   Kakehi, Yasumaro ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2011 TOHOKU EARTHQUAKES; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM NETWORKS; OBJECTIVE CRITERIA; PROPAGATION VELOCITIES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TELESEISMIC BODY WAVES;

EARTHQUAKES; GEODESY;

FAULTING;

BODY WAVE; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEODESY; GPS; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMIC SOURCE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TELESEISMIC WAVE; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 84877311698     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120120113     Document Type: Article

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