Depth-varying rupture properties of subduction zone megathrust faults

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Lay, Thorne ^a   Kanamori, Hiroo ^b   Ammon, Charles J ^c   Koper, Keith D ^d   Hutko, Alexander R ^e   Ye, Lingling ^a   Yue, Han ^a   Rushing, Teresa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e Data Management Center Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMIC ZONE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004; TELESEISMIC WAVE; THRUST FAULT; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011; TSUNAMI;

EID: 84860295814     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB009133     Document Type: Article

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