The Sumatra subduction zone: A case for a locked fault zone extending into the mantle

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Simoes, Martine ^a,b   Avouac, Jean Philippe ^b   Cattin, Rodolphe ^a   Henry, Pierre ^a,c  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Ctr Europeen de Rech d'Enseignment   (France)

Author keywords

Interseismic deformation; Locked fault zone; Sumatra

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FAULT ZONE; MOHO; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES; WORLD;

EID: 11844283260     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002958     Document Type: Article

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