Crustal deformation and seismic history associated with the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake: A perspective from the Andaman-Nicobar Islands

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 1 A SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Rajendran, C P ^a   Rajendran, Kusala ^a   Anu, R ^a   Earnest, Anil ^a,d   Machado, Terry ^a   Mohan, P M ^b   Freymueller, Jeffrey ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR EARTH SCIENCE STUDIES   (India)

^b Centre for Ocean and Island Studies   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; COASTAL ZONES; EARTHQUAKES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; TSUNAMIS;

BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY;

SEISMOLOGY;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; GPS; GROUND MOTION; PALEOSEISMICITY; TSUNAMI;

ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34250001427     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120050630     Document Type: Article

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