Was the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake preceded by aseismic preslip? Examination of seafloor vertical deformation data near the epicenter

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 181-190

  Hino, R ^a   Inazu, D ^b   Ohta, Y ^a   Ito, Y ^a   Suzuki, S ^a   Iinuma, T ^a   Osada, Y ^a   Kido, M ^a   Fujimoto, H ^a   Kaneda, Y ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Interplate megathrust earthquake; Ocean bottom pressure monitoring; Precursory slip; Seafloor vertical deformation

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION;

2011 TOHOKU-OKI EARTHQUAKES; BOTTOM PRESSURES; MEGATHRUST EARTHQUAKES; POSTSEISMIC DEFORMATION; PRECURSORY SLIP; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES; TOHOKU-OKI EARTHQUAKES; VERTICAL DEFORMATION;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 84920253995     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: 15730581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-013-9208-2     Document Type: Article

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