Anatomy of the 2009 Fiordland earthquake (Mw 7.8), South Island, New Zealand

Geoscience Frontiers

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-22

  Mahesh, P ^a   Kundu, Bhaskar ^a   Catherine, J K ^a   Gahalaut, V K ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Alpine fault; Coulomb stress; Fiordland subduction zone; Global Positioning System

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GPS; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRESS FIELD; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

FIORDLAND; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND;

EID: 79551535884     PISSN: 16749871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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