The 25 October 2010 Sumatra tsunami earthquake: Slip in a slow patch

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 14, 2011, Pages

  Bilek, Susan L ^a   Engdahl, E Robert ^b   Deshon, Heather R ^c   El Hariri, Maya ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

FAULT ZONE; LONG DURATION; MAINSHOCK; PHYSICAL FAULTS; RUPTURE AREAS; RUPTURE ZONE; SEISMIC PROCESS; SHALLOW EARTHQUAKES; SUMATRA; TEMPORAL CONSISTENCY;

TSUNAMIS;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SLIP; TRENCH; TSUNAMI;

EID: 79961137014     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047864     Document Type: Article

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