Historical seismograms for unravelling a mysterious earthquake: The 1907 Sumatra Earthquake

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 358-374

  Kanamori, Hiroo ^a   Rivera, Luis ^b   Lee, William H K ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamics and mechanics of faulting; Earthquake source observations; Indian Ocean; Seismic cycle; Subduction zone process; Tsunamis

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS; TSUNAMIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DYNAMICS AND MECHANICS OF FAULTING; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE OBSERVATIONS; INDIAN OCEAN; SEISMIC CYCLE; SUBDUCTION ZONE PROCESS;

EARTHQUAKES;

ARRIVAL TIME; DATABASE; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULTING; P-WAVE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMOGRAM; SEISMOLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TSUNAMI; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN; INDONESIAN SEAS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SUMATRA; SUNDA ARC; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 78349288545     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04731.x     Document Type: Article

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