Source area and rupture parameters of the 31 December 1881 Mw = 7.9 Car Nicolar earthquake estimated from tsunamis recorded in the Bay of Bengal

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Ortiz, Modesto ^a   Bilham, Roger ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal; Earthquake; Rupture zone; Tsunami records 1881

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GPS; SOURCE PARAMETERS; TECTONIC SETTING; TSUNAMI;

BAY OF BENGAL;

EID: 0042311228     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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