Developing framework to constrain the geometry of the seismic rupture plane on subduction interfaces a priori - A probabilistic approach

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 951-964

  Hayes, Gavin P ^a   Wald, David J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake dynamics; Earthquake source observations; Seismicity and tectonics; Subduction zone processes

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DATA SET; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PLANE; FAULTING; INVERSION TECTONICS; SEISMICITY; SHAKING TABLE TEST; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004; TSUNAMI;

EID: 61349167217     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.04035.x     Document Type: Article

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