Post-seismic slip of the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake from GPS observations: Implications for depth-dependent properties of subduction megathrusts

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 580-596

  Silverii, F ^a,b   Cheloni, D ^a   D'Agostino, N ^a   Selvaggi, G ^a   Boschi, E ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earthquake source observations; Satellite geodesy; Seismic cycle; Subduction zone processes

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

2011 TOHOKU-OKI EARTHQUAKES; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE OBSERVATIONS; FRICTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; SATELLITE GEODESY; SEISMIC CYCLE; SUBDUCTION MEGATHRUSTS; SUBDUCTION ZONE PROCESS; TOHOKU-OKI EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 84905913072     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggu149     Document Type: Article

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