MOWLAS: NIED observation network for earthquake, tsunami and volcano

S Aoi, Y Asano, T Kunugi, T Kimura, K Uehira… - Earth, Planets and …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED)
integrated the land observation networks established since the 1995 Kobe earthquake with …

The Moho in subduction zones

MG Bostock - Tectonophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
The Moho in subduction zones exists in two distinct forms, one associated with the
subducting oceanic plate and second with the overriding plate. The seismic expression of …

Characteristics and interactions between non-volcanic tremor and related slow earthquakes in the Nankai subduction zone, southwest Japan

K Obara - Journal of Geodynamics, 2011 - Elsevier
Non-volcanic tremor and related slow earthquakes in subduction zones are one of the most
significant and exciting geophysical discoveries of the 21st century. In Japan, some types of …

[图书][B] Seismic wave propagation and scattering in the heterogeneous earth

H Sato, MC Fehler, T Maeda - 2012 - Springer
The structure of the earth has been extensively studied using seismic waves generated by
natural earthquakes and man-made sources. In classical seismology, the earth is …

Phenomenology of deep slow earthquake family in southwest Japan: Spatiotemporal characteristics and segmentation

K Obara - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The phenomenology of deep slow earthquakes, including low‐frequency tremors, very low
frequency earthquakes, and short‐term slow slip events, on the subducting plate interface in …

Three-dimensional P-and S-wave velocity structures beneath the Japan Islands obtained by high-density seismic stations by seismic tomography

M Matsubara, K Obara, K Kasahara - Tectonophysics, 2008 - Elsevier
We construct fine-scale 3D P-and S-wave velocity structures of the crust and upper mantle
beneath the whole Japan Islands with a unified resolution, where the Pacific (PAC) and …

Depth‐dependent activity of non‐volcanic tremor in southwest Japan

K Obara, S Tanaka, T Maeda… - Geophysical Research …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
With a new location method, we obtained a high‐resolution map of non‐volcanic tremor
along the subducting Philippine Sea plate in southwest Japan and clarified the depth …

Spatiotemporal distribution of seismic energy radiation from low‐frequency tremor in western Shikoku, Japan

T Maeda, K Obara - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The spatiotemporal patterns of the radiated seismic energy from low‐frequency tremor
associated with slow slip events in western Shikoku, Japan, have been estimated. A …

High-VP/VS zone accompanying non-volcanic tremors and slow-slip events beneath southwestern Japan

M Matsubara, K Obara, K Kasahara - Tectonophysics, 2009 - Elsevier
In southwestern Japan, the Philippine Sea plate subducts beneath the Eurasian plate. Non-
volcanic tremors and slow slow-slip events are observed beneath southwestern Japan …

Along‐strike variations in short‐term slow slip events in the southwest Japan subduction zone

S Sekine, H Hirose, K Obara - Journal of Geophysical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Short‐term slow slip events accompanied by nonvolcanic deep low‐frequency tremors and
deep very low frequency earthquakes in southwest Japan were investigated systematically …