Kinematic earthquake source inversion and tsunami runup prediction with regional geophysical data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 3324-3349

  Melgar, D ^a   Bock, Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinematic inversion; Tsunami inundation

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SEISMIC SOURCE; SLIP RATE; STRONG MOTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011; TSUNAMI; WAVE RUNUP; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 85027916963     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JB011832     Document Type: Article

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