Asperity distribution of Alaskan-Aleutian earthquakes from inversion of tsunami waveforms.

The Alaskan-Aleutian arc has a history of rupturing in large and great earthquakes. The 20th century events include five great earthquakes: the 1938 Alaskan, 1946 Aleutian, 1957 Aleutian, 1964 Prince William Sound, and 1965 Rat Islands earthquakes. Due to the lack of seismic data for these earthquak...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnson, Jean Marie
Other Authors: Satake, Kenji, Ruff, Larry
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 1995
Subjects:
Alaskan
Aleutian
Asperity
Distribution
Earthquakes
Inversion
Tsunami
Waveforms
Gulf of Alaska
Rat Islands
Kodiak
Yakutat
Alaska
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/129701
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