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Tsunami Generation from the
2004 M=9.0 Sumatra Earthquake

Table of Contents

Tectonics of Sumatra-Andaman Islands (81 kb)
Seismological Aspects of Tsunami Generation
(70 kb)
Tsunami Generation Modeling (58 kb)
References
 

References


 

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Geist, E.L., 1999, Local tsunamis and earthquake source parameters: Adv. Geophysics, v. 39, p. 117-209.

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Geist, E.L., and R. Dmowska, 1999, Local tsunamis and distributed slip at the source: Pure Appl. Geophys., v. 154, p. 485-512.

Krishna, M.R., and T.D. Sanu, 2002, Shallow seismicity, stress distribution and crustal deformation pattern in the Andaman-West Sunda arc and Andaman Sea, northeastern Indian Ocean: J. Seismology, v. 6, p. 25-41.

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Moore, G.F., J.R. Curray, D.G. Moore, and D.E. Karig, 1980, Variations in geologic structure along the Sunda fore arc, northeastern Indian Ocean: in "The Tectonic and Geologic Evolution of Southeast Asian Seas and Islands", D.E. Hayes, ed., American Geophysical Union Monograph 23, p. 145-160.

Newcomb, K.R., and W.R. McCann, 1987, Seismic history and seismotectonics of the Sunda arc: J. Geophys. Res., v. 92, p. 421-439.

Satake, K., 2002, Tsunamis, in International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology, Part A, W.H.K. Lee et al., eds., Academic Press, p. 437-451.

 


Contents:
  Tectonics of Sumatra-Andaman Islands (81 kb)
  Seismological Aspects of Tsunami Generation (70 kb)
  Tsunami Generation Modeling (58 kb)
  References
 



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