Seismic response to slab rupture and variation in lithospheric structure beneath the Savu Sea, Indonesia

Tectonophysics

Volumn 483, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 112-124

  Ely, Kim S ^a   Sandiford, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Indonesia; Intermediate depth seismicity; Savu Sea; Slab rupture

Indexed keywords

ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; DEPTH RANGE; FASTER RATES; FOCAL MECHANISM; INDIAN OCEAN; INDONESIA; INTERMEDIATE DEPTHS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC-MOMENT RELEASE; SLAB WINDOWS; STRESS STATE;

BUOYANCY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEISMOLOGY; WINDOWS;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; COMPRESSION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FOCAL MECHANISM; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMICITY; SLAB;

BANDA ARC; INDONESIAN SEAS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAVU SEA;

EID: 76349107833     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.08.027     Document Type: Article

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