Geodetic observations of an earthquake cycle at the Sumatra subduction zone: Role of interseismic strain segmentation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Prawirodirdjo, Linette ^a   McCaffrey, Robert ^b   Chadwell, C David ^c   Bock, Yehuda ^a   Subarya, Cecep ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d National Coordination Agency for Surveying and Mapping   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT; GEODESY; GPS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC ZONE; STRAIN; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004; THRUST;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 77957272716     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB006139     Document Type: Article

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