Deformation and slip along the Sunda megathrust in the great 2005 Nias-Simeulue earthquake

Science

Volumn 311, Issue 5769, 2006, Pages 1897-1901

  Briggs, Richard W ^a   Sieh, Kerry ^a   Meltzner, Aron J ^a   Natawidjaja, Danny ^b   Galetzka, John ^a   Suwargadi, Bambang ^b   Hsu, Ya Ju ^a   Simons, Mark ^a   Hananto, Nugroho ^b   Suprihanto, Imam ^c   Prayudi, Dudi ^b   Avouac, Jean Philippe ^a   Prawirodirdjo, Linette ^d   Bock, Yehuda ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

^c University of California San Diego ^*  (Indonesia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; TECTONICS; TSUNAMIS;

CORAL MICROATOLLS; EQUATOR; ISLANDS; SURFACE DEFORMATION;

EARTHQUAKES;

ATOLL; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GPS; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC ZONE; SLIP; TECTONIC SETTING; TRENCH;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORAL REEF; EARTHQUAKE; EXPERIENCE; GEOLOGY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INDONESIA; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANDAMANS; ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; ASIA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 33645462891     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1122602     Document Type: Article

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41. This research was supported by the NSF, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and the Indonesian International Joint Research Program (RUTI). The National Geographic Channel and The Discovery Channel provided partial helicopter support. The captains and crews of Derazona Helicopters, the Mentawai Indah, the Saraina, and the Sariman Jadi provided expert transportation in the air and on the sea. Thanks to M. Chlieh, M. Tobita, and M. Meiner for helpful discussions and to J. Giberson and S. Healy for assistance with spatial data. Finally, we thank the people in the earthquake-affected region for their hospitality and willingness to share their observations. This is Caltech Tectonics Observatory contribution number 29.