Observed change in plate coupling close to the rupture initiation area before the occurrence of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake: Implications from an earthquake cycle model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1899-1906

  Ohtani, Makiko ^a   Hirahara, Kazuro ^a   Hori, Takane ^b   Hyodo, Mamoru ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

2011 Tohoku earthquake; earthquake cycle; off Fukushima; simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDIUM PLATING;

2011 TOHOKU EARTHQUAKES; ASPERITY MODEL; COSEISMIC SLIPS; EARTHQUAKE CYCLES; FUKUSHIMA; RECURRENCE TIME; SIMULATION; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKES;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FORESHOCK; GPS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE TECTONICS; SLIP; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 84898926645     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058751     Document Type: Article

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