Tsunami hazard from the subduction megathrust of the South China Sea: Part I. Source characterization and the resulting tsunami

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-20

  Megawati, Kusnowidjaja ^a,b   Shaw, Felicia ^a   Sieh, Kerry ^b   Huang, Zhenhua ^a   Wu, Tso Ren ^c   Lin, Yunung ^d   Tan, Soon Keat ^a   Pan, Tso Chien ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Manila trench; Rupture model; Singapore; South China Sea megathrust; Southeast Asia; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC HAZARD; SUBDUCTION; TSUNAMI;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINES; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 67349095698     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2008.11.012     Document Type: Article

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