Scholl, David E. et al. (2010): Rapid forearc basin subsidence and bordering splay fault systems may identify nucleation areas of high-magnitude earthquakes and tsunamis; the example of the Atka forearc basin sector of the Aleutian subduction zone

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Scholl, David E.
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Fairbanks, AK, United States
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Ryan, Holly
U. S. Geological Survey, United States
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Keranen, Katie M.
University of Oklahoma, United States
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Wells, Ray E.
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Kirby, Stephen H.
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von Huene, Roland
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Rapid forearc basin subsidence and bordering splay fault systems may identify nucleation areas of high-magnitude earthquakes and tsunamis; the example of the Atka forearc basin sector of the Aleutian subduction zone
2010
In: Anonymous, European Geosciences Union general assembly 2010
Copernicus GmbH on behalf of the European Geosciences Union (EGU), Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany
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Structural geology; Seismology; Aleutian Islands subduction zone; Aleutian Ridge; Aleutian Terrace; Atka Basin; basins; case studies; causes; Cenozoic; crustal thinning; Deep Sea Drilling Project; earthquakes; erosion; faults; focus; fore-arc basins; Global Positioning System; great earthquakes; mechanism; North Pacific; Pacific Ocean; Pacific Plate; plate convergence; plate tectonics; splay faults; subduction zones; subsidence; systems; thrust faults; tsunamis;

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