Complex slab subduction beneath northern Sumatra

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Pesicek, J D ^a   Thurber, C H ^a   Widiyantoro, S ^b   Engdahl, E R ^c   DeShon, H R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCES; MANTLE TRANSITION ZONES; SUMATRA; TRANSITION ZONES; UPPER MANTLES; VOLCANIC ARCS; WAVE VELOCITIES;

TECTONICS;

FOLD; GEOMETRY; ISLAND ARC; P-WAVE; SLAB; SUBDUCTION; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004; TECTONIC SETTING; TRANSITION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

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

EID: 58249092828     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035262     Document Type: Article

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