The tsunami of 2007 September 12, Bengkulu province, Sumatra, Indonesia: post-tsunami field survey and numerical modelling

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 180-194

  Borrero, Jose C ^a,b   Weiss, Robert ^c   Okal, Emile A ^d   Hidayat, Rahman ^e,f,g   Suranto, ^e   Arcas, Diego ^g,h,i   Titov, Vasily V ^g,h,i  

^a Amalgamates Solutions and Research Ltd   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AGENCY FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY BPPT   (Indonesia)

^f INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^g UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁱ NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early warning; Earthquake source observations; Seismicity and tectonics; Subduction zone processes; Submarine tectonics; Tsunamis

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TSUNAMI EVENT; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE RUNUP;

ASIA; BENGKULU [INDONESIA]; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 67650099621     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.04058.x     Document Type: Article

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