Structural context of the great Sumatra-Andaman Islands earthquake

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Shapiro, Nikolai M ^a   Ritzwoller, Michael H ^b   Engdahl, E Robert ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUPRA-SLAB MANTLE WEDGE;

EARTHQUAKES;

CONVERGENCE; INDIAN PLATE; LITHOSPHERE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMICITY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 43549126904     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033381     Document Type: Article

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