Nicoya earthquake rupture anticipated by geodetic measurement of the locked plate interface

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 117-121

  Protti, Marino ^a   González, Victor ^a   Newman, Andrew V ^b   Dixon, Timothy H ^c   Schwartz, Susan Y ^d   Marshall, Jeffrey S ^e   Feng, Lujia ^f   Walter, Jacob I ^b   Malservisi, Rocco ^c   Owen, Susan E ^g  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GEODESY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GPS; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC METHOD; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

COSTA RICA; NICOYA PENINSULA;

EID: 84893213146     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2038     Document Type: Article

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