Coral evidence for earthquake recurrence and an A.D. 1390-1455 cluster at the south end of the 2004 Aceh–Andaman rupture

• Main Authors: Meltzner, Aron J., Sieh, Kerry, Chiang, Hong-Wei, Shen, Chuan-Chou, Suwargadi, Bambang W., Natawidjaja, Danny H., Philibosian, Belle E., Briggs, Richard W., Galetzka, John
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Geology::Volcanoes and earthquakes
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/95553; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8479
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Coral records of relative sea level change provide a history of vertical interseismic and coseismic deformation along the coast of northern Simeulue Island, Sumatra, and reveal details about earthquakes in the 10th and 14th–15th centuries A.D. along the southern end of the December 2004 Mw 9.2 Sunda...