Using coral geodesy to investigate seismic cycle in the banyak islands, Indonesia

• Main Authors: Sieh, Kerry, Genrich, Joachim, Prayudi, Dudi, Suprihanto, Imam, Galetzka, John, Philibosian, Belle E., Meltzner, Aron J., Suwargadi, Bambang W., Natawidjaja, Danny H.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/95492; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/9352; https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2009AM/finalprogram/abstract_164951.htm
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The location of the Banyak Islands above the down-dip limit of the 2005 Nias-Simeulue earthquake rupture provides a unique opportunity to study the seismic cycle. The synthesis of sea level histories based on Porites genus corals at three sites spanning a 40-km transect perpendicular to the Sunda tr...