Teleseismic double-difference relocation of earthquakes along the Sumatra-Andaman subduction zone using a 3-D model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Pesicek, J D ^a   Thurber, C H ^a   Zhang, H ^b   Deshon, H R ^c   Engdahl, E R ^d   Widiyantoro, S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AFTERSHOCK; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FOCAL MECHANISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECISION; RAY TRACING; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMICITY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004; TELESEISMIC WAVE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ANDAMAN FAULT ZONE; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 77958116049     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007443     Document Type: Article

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