Combining strong-motion, inSAR and GPS data to refine the fault geometry and source kinematics of the 2011,Mw 6.2, christchurch earthquake (New Zealand)

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1760-1777

  Toraldo Serra, Eugenio Maria ^a   Delouis, Bertrand ^b   Emolo, Antonio ^a   Zollo, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

Computational seismology; Earthquake source observations; Seismicity and tectonics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL SEISMOLOGIES; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE OBSERVATIONS; GLOBAL POSITION SYSTEMS; KINEMATIC INVERSION; NON LINEAR INVERSION; SEISMICITY AND TECTONICS; SPACE TIME DISTRIBUTION; STRONG MOTION DATUM;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; KINEMATICS; SEISMOLOGY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

FAULTING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULT GEOMETRY; GPS; INTERFEROMETRY; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE DATA; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMICITY; STRONG MOTION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TECTONIC SETTING;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; CHRISTCHURCH [CANTERBURY]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 84883773726     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt186     Document Type: Article

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