Geodetic observations of interseismic strain segmentation at the Sumatra Subduction Zone

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 2601-2604

  Prawirodirdjo, L ^a   Bocl, Y ^a   McCaffrey, R ^b   Genrich, J ^a   Calais, E ^a,c   Stevens, C ^b   Puntodewo, S S O ^d   Subarya, C ^d,e   Rais, J ^d,e   Zwick, P ^b   Fauzi, R McCaffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c National Coordination Agency for Surveying and Mapping   (United States)

^d URA 1279   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; GEOPHYSICS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHEAR STRESS; TECTONICS; DEFORMATION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PORE PRESSURE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SEISMOLOGY; STRAIN;

BASAL SHEAR STRESS; EARTHQUAKE CYCLES; GEODETIC OBSERVATION; PLATE INTERFACES; STRAIN ACCUMULATIONS; STRUCTURAL EVIDENCE; SUBDUCTING PLATE; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

EARTHQUAKES; TECTONICS;

INTERSEISMIC STRAIN SEGMENTATION;

DEFORMATION; GPS; SEGMENTATION; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

INDONESIA, SUMATRA;

EID: 0031277534     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL52691     Document Type: Article

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