Aftershocks of the December 7, 2012 intraplate doublet near the Japan Trench axis

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Obana, Koichiro ^a   Kodaira, Shuichi ^a   Nakamura, Yasuyuki ^a   Sato, Takeshi ^a   Fujie, Gou ^a   Takahashi, Tsutomu ^a   Yamamoto, Yojiro ^a  

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

Author keywords

2011 Tohoku Oki earthquake; Intraplate doublet; Japan Trench; Stress state; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; NORMAL FAULT; PACIFIC PLATE; REVERSE FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011; TRENCH;

JAPAN TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84903795823     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1880-5981-66-24     Document Type: Article

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