The intensity of ground motion from future earthquakes in the Mentawai Islands, Sumatra

From the clues of the historic rupture events on the Mentawai segment of the Sumatran Megathrust, the new rupture cycle has arrived signalled by the September 2007 earthquake events. The accumulated strain since last gigantic rupture in 1797 and 1833 is sufficient to generate an earthquake with Mw 8...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Han, Xiaohan.
Other Authors: Kusnowidjaja Megawati
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/38665