Rapid rotations about a vertical axis in a collisional setting revealed by the Palu fault, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2677-2680

  Stevens, C ^a   McCaffrey, R ^a   Bock, Y ^b   Genrich, J ^b   Endang, ^c   Subarya, C ^c   Puntodewo, S S O ^c   Fauzi, ^d   Vigny, C ^e  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Natl Coord Agy Surv and Mapping   (Indonesia)

^d Badan Meteorologi dan Geofisika   (Indonesia)

^e ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEOMAGNETISM; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TECTONICS; LOCKS (FASTENERS);

PALU FAULT; SEISMICITY; CLOCKWISE ROTATION; COLLISIONAL; EURASIAN PLATES; INDONESIA; SLIP RATES; VERTICAL AXIS;

SEISMOLOGY; FAULT SLIPS;

BLOCK ROTATION; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; GPS; PLATE MOTION;

INDONESIA; SULAWESI;

EID: 0033378061     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL008344     Document Type: Article

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