Tsunami early warning using GPS-Shield arrays

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Sobolev, Stephan V ^a,b   Babeyko, Andrey Y ^a   Wang, Rongjiang ^a   Hoechner, Andreas ^a   Galas, Roman ^a   Rotacher, Markus ^a   Sein, Dmitry V ^c   Schröter, Jens ^c   Lauterjung, Joern ^a   Subarya, Cecep ^d  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d BAKOSURTANAL   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FAULT SLIP; GPS; RUPTURE; SEISMIC MOMENT; TSUNAMI;

ASIA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; JAVA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 35348839042     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004640     Document Type: Article

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