Interseismic deformation above the Sunda megathrust recorded in coral microatolls of the Mentawai islands, West Sumatra

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Natawidjaja, Danny H., Suwargadi, Bambang W., Sieh, Kerry, Galetzka, John, Cheng, Hai, Edwards, R. Lawrence, Chlieh, Mohamed
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2012
• الموضوعات: DRNTU::Science::Geology::Volcanoes and earthquakes
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/95562; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8473

The geomorphology and internal stratigraphy of modern coral microatolls show that all the outer arc Mentawai islands of West Sumatra have been subsiding over the past several decades. These same islands rose as much as 3 m during the giant megathrust earthquakes of 1797 and 1833, and the current sub...