Tsunami Wave Analysis and Possibility of Splay Fault Rupture During the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 169, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1707-1735

  DeDontney, Nora ^a   Rice, James R ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dispersion; splay fault; Sumatra; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; EARTHQUAKES; FAULTING; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GRAVITY WAVES; OCEANOGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TSUNAMIS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

AFTERSHOCK LOCATION; DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI; RUPTURE VELOCITIES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEAFLOOR BATHYMETRY; SUMATRA; SUMATRA-ANDAMAN EARTHQUAKE;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

AMPLITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT; GRAVITY WAVE; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; OCEAN WAVE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRAVEL TIME; TSUNAMI; UPLIFT; WAVE EQUATION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE VELOCITY;

ACEH; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; SIMEULUE; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84866940654     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-011-0438-4     Document Type: Article

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