Stratigraphic record of Holocene coseismic subsidence, Padang, West Sumatra

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Dura, Tina ^a   Rubin, Charles M ^b,c   Kelsey, Harvey M ^d   Horton, Benjamin P ^a,c   Hawkes, Andrea ^e   Vane, Christopher H ^f   Daryono, Mudrik ^b   Pre, Candace Grand ^a   Ladinsky, Tyler ^d   Bradley, Sarah ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^f BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE; FLOODPLAIN; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; PALEOSEISMICITY; PRESERVATION; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBSIDENCE;

INDONESIA; PADANG; WEST SUMATRA;

EID: 82355171823     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008205     Document Type: Article

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