Crustal deformation at the Sumatran subduction zone revealed by coral rings

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 3141-3144

  Sieh, Kerry ^a   Ward, Steven N ^b   Natawidjaja, Danny ^c   Suwargadi, Bambang W ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

CORAL RINGS; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

CORAL; DEFORMATION; SUBDUCTION;

INDONESIA;

EID: 0033569023     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL005409     Document Type: Article

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