Sumatran megathrust earthquakes: From science to saving lives

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1845, 2006, Pages 1947-1963

  Sieh, Kerry ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Forecasts; Human welfare; Palaeoseismology; Sumatra; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748111459     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2006.1807     Document Type: Review

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