Megathrust earthquakes can nucleate in the forearc mantle: Evidence from the 2004 Sumatra event

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 659-662

  Dessa, J X ^a   Klingelhoefer, F ^b   Graindorge, D ^c   Andre C ^c   Permana, H ^d   Gutscher, M A ^c   Chauhan, A ^e   Singh, S C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^d INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

^e INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT MODELS; FOREARC; MEGATHRUST EARTHQUAKES; RUPTURE ZONE; SEISMOGENIC ZONES; SLIDING CONDITIONS; SUBDUCTING PLATE; SUBDUCTION THRUST; SUMATRA; SUMATRA-ANDAMAN EARTHQUAKE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; UPPER PLATE;

TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUST; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; NUCLEATION; PETROLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004; TECTONIC PLATE; THRUST;

EID: 69649083833     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25653A.1     Document Type: Article

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