Surface rupture of the 2002 Denali fault, Alaska, earthquake and comparison with other strike-slip ruptures

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 565-578

  Haeussler, Peter J ^a   Schwartz, David P ^b   Dawson, Timothy E ^b   Stenner, Heidi D ^b   Lienkaemper, James J ^b   Cinti, Francesca ^c   Montone, Paola ^c   Sherrod, Brian ^d   Craw, Patricia ^e  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; EARTHQUAKES; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; PIPELINES; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKE FAULT; OIL PIPELINES; SLIP DISTRIBUTION; STRIKE SLIP RUPTURE; SURFACE RUPTURE; TELESEISMIC WAVEFORMS;

SEISMOLOGY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; THRUST FAULT;

ALASKA; DENALI FAULT ZONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 5744220260     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.1775797     Document Type: Article

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