Strain partitioning during oblique plate convergence in northern Sumatra: Geodetic and seismologic constraints and numerical modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B12, 2000, Pages 28363-28376

  McCaffrey, Robert ^a   Zwick, Peter C ^a   Bock, Yehuda ^b   Prawirodirdjo, Linette ^b   Genrich, Joachim F ^b   Stevens, Colleen W ^a   Puntodewo, S S O ^c,d   Subarya, Cecep ^c,d  

^a Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c National Coordination Agency for Surveying and Mapping   (Indonesia)

^d National Coordinating Agency for Survey and Mapping (BAKOSURTANAL)   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT; GPS; NEOTECTONICS; PLATE CONVERGENCE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

INDONESIA; SUMATRA;

EID: 0034474613     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900362     Document Type: Article

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