Supershear rupture of the 5 January 2013 Craig, Alaska (Mw 7.5) earthquake

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5903-5919

  Yue, Han ^a   Lay, Thorne ^a   Freymueller, Jeffrey T ^b   Ding, Kaihua ^c   Rivera, Luis ^d   Ruppert, Natalia A ^b   Koper, Keith D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

2013 Craig, Alaska earthquake; Queen Charlotte Fault; Strike slip faulting; Supershear rupture

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GREEN FUNCTION; GROUND MOTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; P-WAVE; PLATE BOUNDARY; S-WAVE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892616466     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JB010594     Document Type: Article

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