Teleseismic relocation and assessment of seismicity (1918-2005) in the region of the 2004 Mw 9.0 Sumatra-Andaman and 2005 Mw 8.6 Nias Island great earthquakes

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

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

  Engdahl, E Robert ^a   Villaseñor, Antonio ^b   DeShon, Heather R ^c   Thurber, Clifford H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMOLOGY;

AFTERSHOCK ZONE; FAULTING EARTHQUAKES; SEISMICITY; TELESEISMIC ASSESSMENT; TELESEISMIC RELOCATION;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; BACKARC BASIN; DATA SET; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMICITY; SPREADING CENTER; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TELESEISMIC WAVE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

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: 34250026163     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120050614     Document Type: Article

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