The Fine Structure of the Subducted Investigator Fracture Zone in Western Sumatra as Seen by Local Seismicity

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 298, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 47-56

  Lange, Dietrich ^a   Tilmann, Frederik ^a,e   Rietbrock, Andreas ^b   Collings, Rachel ^b   Natawidjaja, Danny H ^c   Suwargadi, Bambang W ^c   Barton, Penny ^a   Henstock, Timothy ^d   Ryberg, Trond ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Local Seismicity; Ridge subduction; Subduction Zone; Sumatra

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE DATA; FINE STRUCTURES; FOREARC; FRACTURE ZONE; GEODETIC DATA; GREAT EARTHQUAKE; HIGH QUALITY; HYPOCENTRE; INTERMEDIATE DEPTHS; LOCAL SEISMICITY; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; PLATE INTERFACES; RIDGE SUBDUCTION; SEA FLOOR; SEISMIC NETWORKS; SEISMOGENIC ZONES; SUBDUCTION ZONES; SUMATRA; THRUST FAULTS;

EARTHQUAKES; FRACTURE; LANDFORMS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SEISMOGRAPHS;

TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION; THRUST FAULT; TOPOGRAPHY;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; MENTAWAI ISLANDS; SIBERUT; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES; WEST SUMATRA;

EID: 77957261316     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.07.020     Document Type: Article

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