Afterslip and viscoelastic relaxation following the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake (Mw9.0) inferred from inland GPS and seafloor GPS/Acoustic data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 66-73

  Yamagiwa, Shuji ^a   Miyazaki, Shin'Ichi ^a   Hirahara, Kazuro ^a   Fukahata, Yukitoshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

afterslip; inversion; seafloor GPS Acoustic measurements; the 2011 Tohoku earthquake; viscoelastic relaxation

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES;

2011 TOHOKU EARTHQUAKES; AFTERSLIP; INVERSION; SEA FLOOR; VISCOELASTIC RELAXATION;

VISCOELASTICITY;

DISPLACEMENT; GPS; GREEN FUNCTION; RUPTURE; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SLIP RATE; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 84921777702     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061735     Document Type: Article

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