Estimation of seismic moment and slip distribution of the April 1, 1946, Aleutian tsunami earthquake

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 11765-11774

  Johnson, Jean M ^a,b   Satake, Kenji ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEUTIAN EARTHQUAKE 1946; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT SLIP; LANDSLIDE; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMIC MOMENT; SLIP DISTRIBUTION; TSUNAMI; TSUNAMIS;

USA, ALEUTIA ISLANDS, UNIMAK ISLAND;

EID: 0030670414     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb00274     Document Type: Article

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