Lateral variation in slab orientation beneath Toba Caldera, northern Sumatra

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 443-446

  Fauzi, ^a,b   McCaffrey, R ^a   Wark, D ^a   Sunaryo, ^b   Prih Haryadi, P Y ^b  

^a Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b Badan Meteorologi dan Geofisika   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALDERA; SEISMICITY; SLAB ORIENTATION; SUBDUCTED SLAB; SUBDUCTION;

INDONESIA, SUMATRA, TOBA CALDERA;

FRACTURE; SEISMOGRAPHS; SHEAR WAVES;

CRUSTAL EARTHQUAKES; FORE-ARC BASIN; FRACTURE ZONE; LATERAL STRESS; LATERAL VARIATIONS; P- AND S-WAVES; RADIUS OF CURVATURE; SEISMOGRAPH NETWORKS;

TECTONICS;

EID: 0029769932     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00381     Document Type: Article

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