From 3-Hz P Waves to 0S2: No Evidence of A Slow Component to the Source of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 170, Issue 6-8, 2013, Pages 963-973

  Okal, Emile A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

mega earthquakes; seismological quantification; slow components; Tohoku earthquake

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC WAVES; TSUNAMIS;

2011 TOHOKU EARTHQUAKES; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; MEGA EARTHQUAKES; REAL TIME MODELING; SEISMOLOGICAL QUANTIFICATION; SLOW COMPONENT; SLOWNESS PARAMETERS; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKES;

ALGORITHM; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; P-WAVE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMIC SOURCE; STRONG MOTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011; TSUNAMI; WARNING SYSTEM; WAVE VELOCITY;

PAPEETE; SOCIETY ISLANDS; TAHITI; WINDWARD ISLANDS [SOCIETY ISLANDS];

RATTUS;

EID: 84877951513     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-012-0500-x     Document Type: Article

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