Tsunami threat in the Indian Ocean from a future megathrust earthquake west of Sumatra

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 265, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 61-81

  McCloskey, John ^a   Antonioli, Andrea ^a   Piatanesi, Alessio ^b   Sieh, Kerry ^c   Steacy, Sandy ^a   Nalbant, Suleyman ^a   Cocco, Massimo ^b   Giunchi, Carlo ^b   Huang, JianDong ^a   Dunlop, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

earthquake; hazard; megathrust; Sumatra; tsunami

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURES; MEGATHRUST; SEAFLOOR DISPLACEMENTS; TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS;

BATHYMETRY; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; TECTONICS; WATER WAVES;

TSUNAMIS;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; SLIP; TSUNAMI; WAVE HEIGHT;

ASIA; ATJEH; BENGKULU [INDONESIA]; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 36849035768     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.09.034     Document Type: Article

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