Segmentation and supercycles : a catalog of earthquake rupture patterns from the Sumatran Sunda Megathrust and other well-studied faults worldwide

• Main Authors: Philibosian, Belle, Meltzner, Aron J.
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Science::Geology; Holocene; Earthquake Science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143808
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

After more than 100 years of earthquake research, earthquake forecasting, which relies on knowledge of past fault rupture patterns, has become the foundation for societal defense against seismic natural disasters. A concept that has come into focus more recently is that rupture segmentation and cycl...