Quantifying potential tsunami hazard in the Puysegur subduction zone, south of New Zealand

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1512-1524

  Hayes, Gavin P ^a,b   Furlong, Kevin P ^c  

^a US Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center   (United States)

^b Synergetics Inc   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake source observations; New Zealand; Seismicity and tectonics; Subduction zone processes; Tsunamis

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE SOURCE; GREAT EARTHQUAKE; HISTORICAL SEISMICITY; NEW ZEALAND; PLATE BOUNDARIES; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMICITY AND TECTONICS; SOUTH ISLAND , NEW ZEALAND; SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA; SUBDUCTION ZONE PROCESSES; SUBDUCTION ZONES; SUMATRA; TSUNAMI HAZARDS; TSUNAMIGENIC; US GOVERNMENT;

EARTHQUAKES; TSUNAMIS;

TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONICS; TSUNAMI;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; TASMANIA;

EID: 78449264684     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04808.x     Document Type: Article

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