Episodic slow slip events in the Japan subduction zone before the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake

Tectonophysics

Volumn 600, Issue , 2013, Pages 14-26

  Ito, Yoshihiro ^a   Hino, Ryota ^a   Kido, Motoyuki ^a   Fujimoto, Hiromi ^a   Osada, Yukihito ^a   Inazu, Daisuke ^b   Ohta, Yusaku ^a   Iinuma, Takeshi ^a   Ohzono, Mako ^c   Miura, Satoshi ^d   Mishina, Masaaki ^a   Suzuki, Kensuke ^a   Tsuji, Takeshi ^e   Ashi, Juichiro ^d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Earthquake triggering; Ocean bottom pressure; Slow slip event; Subduction zone; The 2011 Tohoku Oki earthquake; Volumetric strain

Indexed keywords

2011 TOHOKU-OKI EARTHQUAKES; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGERING; SLOW SLIP EVENTS; SUBDUCTION ZONES; VOLUMETRIC STRAIN;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; TECTONICS;

FAULT SLIPS;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; SEISMIC MOMENT; SLIP; STRAIN ANALYSIS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC PLATE; THRUST FAULT; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011;

JAPAN;

EID: 84879798609     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.08.022     Document Type: Article

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