Coseismic slip distribution for the Mw 9 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake derived from 3-D FE modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3837-3847

  Kyriakopoulos, C ^a,b   Masterlark, T ^c   Stramondo, S ^b   Chini, M ^b,d   Bignami, C ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c South Dakota School of Mines Technology   (United States)

^d LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

2011 M9 Tohoku oki earthquake; asymmetric slip; FEM models; megathrust; space Geodesy; subduction zone

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEODESY; GREEN FUNCTION; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PRECISION; SLIP RATE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011;

HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 84882741818     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrb.50265     Document Type: Article

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