En échelon and orthogonal fault ruptures of the 11 April 2012 great intraplate earthquakes

Nature

Volumn 490, Issue 7419, 2012, Pages 245-249

  Yue, Han ^a   Lay, Thorne ^a   Koper, Keith D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EN ECHELON STRUCTURE; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; RUPTURE; SEISMIC WAVE; SLAB; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EARTHQUAKE; GEOGRAPHY; INDONESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT;

AUSTRALIA; INDIA;

EID: 84867313838     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11492     Document Type: Article

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