Mechanism of the 2011 tohoku-oki earthquake (Mw 9.0) and tsunami: Insight from seismic tomography

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 70-71, Issue , 2013, Pages 160-168

  Huang, Zhouchuan ^a   Zhao, Dapeng ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asperity; Megathrust zone; Northeast japan; Northeast Japan; Plate coupling; Seismic tomography; Seismotectonics; Tohoku oki earthquake

Indexed keywords

ASPERITY; COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FOREARC BASIN; PACIFIC PLATE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMOTECTONICS; TECTONIC SETTING; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011; TSUNAMI;

JAPAN;

EID: 84880037348     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.03.010     Document Type: Article

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