The west Andaman fault and its influence on the aftershock pattern of the recent megathrust earthquakes in the Andaman-Sumatra region

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Kamesh Raju, K A ^a   Murty, G P S ^a   Amarnath, Dileep ^a   Kumar, M L Mohan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

AFTERSHOCK PATTERN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MEGATHRUST EARTHQUAKES; STRIKE-SLIP MOTION;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004; THRUST FAULT;

ANDAMAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 34548026278     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028730     Document Type: Article

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