Supershear rupture on multiple faults for the Mw 8.6 off Northern Sumatra, Indonesia earthquake of April 11, 2012

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 21, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Dun ^a   Mori, Jim ^b   Uchide, Takahiko ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; SHEAR WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BACK-PROJECTION METHODS; CONJUGATE FAULTS; MULTIPLE FAULTS; RUPTURE PROPAGATION; S-WAVE VELOCITY; SUMATRA , INDONESIA; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKES; SUPERSHEAR RUPTURE;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; DATA SET; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT; LINEATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; S-WAVE; SHEAR; WAVE VELOCITY;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 84869479015     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053622     Document Type: Article

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