A Flying Start, Then a Slow Slip

Roger Bilham

doi:10.1126/science.1113363

journal article May 20, 2005

A Flying Start, Then a Slow Slip

Roger Bilham

Science Vol. 308 No. 5725 pp. 1126-1127 · American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Abstract

The human tragedy caused by the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake (moment magnitude 9.3) on 26 December 2004 and its companion Nias earthquake (moment magnitude 8.7) on 28 March 2005 is difficult to comprehend. These earthquakes, the largest in 40 years, have also left seismologists searching for the words and tools to describe the enormity of the geological processes involved. Four papers in this issue discuss aspects of a rupture process of surprising complexity, the first such event to test the sensitivity and range of many new technologies. A surprising feature of the earthquake is that after the initial rapid rupture, subsequent slip of the plate interface occurred with decreasing speed toward the north.

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Published: May 20, 2005
Vol/Issue: 308(5725)
Pages: 1126-1127

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Roger Bilham

Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences and Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.

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Roger Bilham (2005). A Flying Start, Then a Slow Slip. Science, 308(5725), 1126-1127. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1113363

A Flying Start, Then a Slow Slip

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