Hypocenter migration and crustal seismic velocity distribution observed for the inland earthquake swarms induced by the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake in NE Japan: Implications for crustal fluid distribution and crustal permeability

Geofluids

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 293-309

  Okada, T ^a   Matsuzawa, T ^a   Umino, N ^a   Yoshida, K ^a   Hasegawa, A ^a   Takahashi, H ^b   Yamada, T ^b   Kosuga, M ^c   Takeda, T ^d   Kato, A ^e   Igarashi, T ^e   Obara, K ^e   Sakai, S ^e   Saiga, A ^f   Iidaka, T ^e   Iwasaki, T ^e   Hirata, N ^e   Tsumura, N ^g   Yamanaka, Y ^h   Terakawa, T ^h   Nakamichi, H ⁱ   Okuda, T ^h   Horikawa, S ^h   Katao, H ⁱ   Miura, T ⁱ   Kubo, A ^j   Matsushima, T ^k   Goto, K ^l   Miyamachi, H ^l   more..

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f Chiyoda Building   (Japan)

^g CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

more..

Author keywords

Crustal fluid; Crustal permeability; Hypocenter migration; Induced earthquake; Seismic low velocity area; The 2011 Tohoku Oki earthquake

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; PERMEABILITY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011;

JAPAN;

EID: 84923204592     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gfl.12112     Document Type: Article

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