Mechanism of the 1975 Kalapana, Hawaii, earthquake inferred from tsunami data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B6, 1999, Pages 13153-13167

  Ma, Kuo Fong ^a   Kanamori, Hiroo ^b   Satake, Kenji ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT SLIP; TSUNAMI;

HAWAII; KALAPANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033542324     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900073     Document Type: Article

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