Neotectonics and the 2004 and 2005 earthquake sequences at Sumatra

Marine Geology

Volumn 248, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 47-52

  Vita Finzi, Claudio ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

14C; accretionary; imbricate; neotectonics; palaeoshores; Sumatra

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE DEFORMATION; IMBRICATE FAULTS; MEGATHRUST; NEOTECTONICS; SEISMICITY; SUMATRA;

DEFORMATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRESS RELAXATION; TSUNAMIS;

EARTHQUAKES;

DEFORMATION; FAULTING; HOLOCENE; ISLAND ARC; NEOTECTONICS; NIAS EARTHQUAKE 2005; SEISMICITY; STRESS; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004; THEORETICAL STUDY; TSUNAMI;

ASIA; ATJEH; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; NIAS; NORTH SUMATRA; SIMEULUE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 38349121086     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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