An interpretation of tsunami earthquake based on a simple dynamic model: Failure of shallow megathrust earthquake

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1523-1527

  Mitsui, Yuta ^a   Yagi, Yuji ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

dynamic rupture simulation; megathrust earthquake; numerical experiment; The 2011 Tohoku earthquake; thermal pressurization; tsunami earthquake

Indexed keywords

2011 TOHOKU EARTHQUAKES; DYNAMIC RUPTURES; MEGATHRUST EARTHQUAKES; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; THERMAL PRESSURIZATION;

TSUNAMIS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT SLIP; PARAMETERIZATION; PLATE TECTONICS; RUPTURE; SEISMIC MOMENT; SHEAR STRESS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TSUNAMI;

EID: 84877999405     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50266     Document Type: Article

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