Hierarchical repeating earthquakes with strong downward directivity
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Authors
- Dawei Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4294-2085)
- Satoshi Ide (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0063-548X)
Institutions
- Institute of Oceanology (CN)
- Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (CN)
- The University of Tokyo (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Science Advances
- Published
- 2026-09-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aeb3563
- Primary Topic
- earthquake and tectonic studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Taishan Scholar Foundation of Shandong Province
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- China Scholarship Council