Large earthquake rupture process variations on the Middle America megathrust

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 381, Issue , 2013, Pages 147-155

  Ye, Lingling ^a   Lay, Thorne ^a   Kanamori, Hiroo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America forearc sliver; Middle America earthquakes; Seismic coupling; Tsunami earthquakes

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EL SALVADOR EARTHQUAKES; FOREARC; GEODETIC OBSERVATION; MIDDLE AMERICA TRENCHES; SEISMIC COUPLING; STRAIN ACCUMULATIONS; TELESEISMIC SOURCES;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GEODESY; SEISMOLOGY; TSUNAMIS;

FAULTING;

AFTERSHOCK; CARIBBEAN PLATE; COCOS PLATE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FOCAL MECHANISM; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC MOMENT; TELESEISMIC WAVE; THRUST FAULT; TSUNAMI EVENT;

COSTA RICA; EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA]; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; MIDDLE AMERICA TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84884473163     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.08.042     Document Type: Article

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