Stratigraphic control of frontal décollement level and structural vergence and implications for tsunamigenic earthquake hazard in Sumatra, Indonesia

• Main Authors: Bradley, Kyle, Qin, Yanfang, Carton, Hélène, Hananto, Nugroho, Villanueva‐Robles, Fernando, Leclerc, Fréderique, Shengji, Wei, Tapponier, Paul, Sieh, Kerry, Singh, Satish
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Tsunami; DRNTU::Science::Geology; Subduction
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105938; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48785
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Propagation of fault rupture to the seafloor is a likely cause of enhanced tsunami generation during megathrust earthquakes. New, high‐resolution seismic reflection profiles and swath bathymetry collected across the northern limit of the Mw 7.8, 25 October 2010 Mentawai tsunami earthquake rupture re...