The energetic 2010 MW 7.1 Solomon Islands tsunami earthquake

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 775-781

  Newman, Andrew V ^a   Feng, Lujia ^a   Fritz, Hermann M ^a,b   Lifton, Zachery M ^a   Kalligeris, Nikos ^c   Wei, Yong ^d,e  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake source observations; Seismic cycle; Subduction zone processes; Tsunamis

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE SOURCE; FOCAL MECHANISM; MOMENT MAGNITUDES; OPEN OCEAN; SEISMIC CYCLE; SEISMIC ENERGY; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TSUNAMI WAVES;

SUBSIDENCE; TSUNAMIS;

EARTHQUAKES;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FOCAL MECHANISM; LANDSLIDE; SEAMOUNT; SEISMIC SURVEY; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC SETTING; TRENCH; TSUNAMI EVENT;

SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA];

EID: 79960349063     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05057.x     Document Type: Article

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