The 11 April 2012 east Indian Ocean earthquake triggered large aftershocks worldwide

Nature

Volumn 490, Issue 7419, 2012, Pages 250-253

  Pollitz, Fred F ^a   Stein, Ross S ^a   Sevilgen, Volkan ^b   Bürgmann, Roland ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Seismicitynet   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; SEISMIC WAVE; SHEAR STRAIN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ARTICLE; EARTHQUAKE; INDIAN OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHOCK WAVE;

EID: 84867325170     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11504     Document Type: Article

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