Possible sources of the tsunami observed in the northwestern Indian ocean following the 2013 September 24 Mw 7.7 Pakistan inland earthquake

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 752-766

  Heidarzadeh, Mohammad ^a   Satake, Kenji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fourier analysis; Wavelet transform; Indian ocean; Numerical solutions; Submarine landslides; Tsunamis

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FOURIER ANALYSIS; LANDSLIDES; NUMERICAL MODELS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SUBMARINES; TIDE GAGES; VOLCANOES; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

BACKWARD RAY TRACING; HORIZONTAL DISPLACEMENTS; INDIAN OCEAN; INLAND EARTHQUAKES; MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; STRIKE-SLIP EARTHQUAKES; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDES;

TSUNAMIS;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FOURIER TRANSFORM; RAY TRACING; SEISMIC SOURCE; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TSUNAMI; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (NORTHWEST); MAKRAN; PAKISTAN;

EID: 84925489511     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggu297     Document Type: Article

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