References¶

Methods¶

Gavin P. Hayes, Ginevra L. Moore, Daniel E. Portner, Mike Hearne, Hanna Flamme, Maria Furtney, Gregory M. Smoczyk (2018). Slab2, A Comprehensive Subduction Zone Geometry Model, Science 362 (6410), DOI: 10.1126/science.aat4723.

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Data¶

Note

For a comprehensive list of USGS Slab Models data and its sources, please visit the MasterDB spreadsheet, located in data/databases/Hayes2018-0418database/masterdb_121717.xlsx.

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Kopp, Heidrun, Dirk Klaeschen, Ernst R. Flueh, Jörg Bialas, and Christian Reichert. “Crustal structure of the Java margin from seismic wide‐angle and multichannel reflection data.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 107, no. B2 (2002): ETG-1.

Franke, Dieter, Michael Schnabel, Stefan Ladage, David R. Tappin, Sönke Neben, Yusuf S. Djajadihardja, Christian Müller, Heidrun Kopp, and Christoph Gaedicke. “The great Sumatra–Andaman earthquakes—imaging the boundary between the ruptures of the great 2004 and 2005 earthquakes.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters 269, no. 1-2 (2008): 118-130.

Kopp, Heidrun, Ernst R. Flueh, Dirk Klaeschen, Jörg Bialas, and Christian Reichert. “Crustal structure of the central Sunda margin at the onset of oblique subduction.” Geophysical Journal International 147, no. 2 (2001): 449-474.

Grevemeyer, Ingo, and Virendra M. Tiwari. “Overriding plate controls spatial distribution of megathrust earthquakes in the Sunda–Andaman subduction zone.” Earth and Planetary Science Letters 251, no. 3-4 (2006): 199-208.

Simoes, Martine, Jean Philippe Avouac, Rodolphe Cattin, and Pierre Henry. “The Sumatra subduction zone: A case for a locked fault zone extending into the mantle.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 109, no. B10 (2004).

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