Review of the source characteristics of the Great Sumatra-Andaman Islands earthquake of 2004

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 603-613

  Menke, William ^a   Abend, Hannah ^a   Bach, Dalia ^a   Newman, Kori ^a   Levin, Vadim ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Andaman Islands; Great earthquake; Indonesia; Rapid hazard assessment; Seismic magnitude; Seismic moment; Source mechanism; Sumatra; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; TSUNAMIS;

FAULT RUPTURING; SEISMIC MAGNITUDE; SEISMIC MOMENT; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FOCAL MECHANISM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC MOMENT; SOURCE PARAMETERS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004; THRUST FAULT; TSUNAMI;

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

EID: 33751524363     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-006-9013-4     Document Type: Review

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