The 2010 Haiti earthquake: A complex fault pattern constrained by seismologic and tectonic observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 22, 2011, Pages

  De Lépinay, Bernard Mercier ^a   Deschamps, Anne ^a   Klingelhoefer, Frauke ^b   Mazabraud, Yves ^c   Delouis, Bertrand ^a   Clouard, Valérie ^d   Hello, Yann ^a   Crozon, Jacques ^b   Marcaillou, Boris ^c   Graindorge, David ^e   Vallée, Martin ^a   Perrot, Julie ^e   Bouin, Marie Paule ^d   Saurel, Jean Marie ^d   Charvis, Philippe ^a   St Louis, Mildor ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^f Observatoire Volcanologique et Sismologique de la Guadeloupe Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris ^*  (Haïti)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEISMOLOGY;

AFTERSHOCK DISTRIBUTIONS; COMPLEX FAULTS; DAMAGED AREA; FIRST-ORDER; FOCAL PLANE; INDENTERS; MAINSHOCK; MECHANICAL BOUNDARIES; OBLIQUE COLLISION; OCEANIC CRUST; SLIP MODEL; STRIKE-SLIP MECHANISM; TEMPORARY NETWORKS; WRENCH FAULTS;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

AFTERSHOCK; AZIMUTH; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DISCONTINUITY; FRONTIER REGION; HAITI EARTHQUAKE 2010; MORPHOSTRUCTURE; RHEOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 81755184091     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049799     Document Type: Article

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