Near-simultaneous great earthquakes at Tongan megathrust and outer rise in September 2009

Nature

Volumn 466, Issue 7309, 2010, Pages 959-963

  Beavan, J ^a   Wang, X ^a   Holden, C ^a   Wilson, K ^a   Power, W ^a   Prasetya, G ^a   Bevis, M ^b   Kautoke, R ^c  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ministry of Lands Survey and Natural Resources   (Tonga)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; GPS; GROUND MOTION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC DATA; SENSOR; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC PLATE; THRUST FAULT; TSUNAMI;

ARTICLE; EARTHQUAKE; MOTION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SENSOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; TONGA; TSUNAMI;

TONGA;

EID: 77955858971     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09292     Document Type: Article

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