Persistent termini of 2004- and 2005-like ruptures of the Sunda megathrust

• Main Authors: Meltzner, Aron J., Suwargadi, Bambang W., Natawidjaja, Danny H., Briggs, Richard W., Sieh, Kerry, Chiang, Hong-Wei, Shen, Chuan-Chou, Philibosian, Belle
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Geology::Volcanoes and earthquakes
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94921; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8486
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

To gain insight into the longevity of subduction zone segmentation, we use coral microatolls to examine an 1100-year record of large earthquakes across the boundary of the great 2004 and 2005 Sunda megathrust ruptures. Simeulue, a 100-km-long island off the west coast of northern Sumatra, I...