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Page 1: Kerry Sieh TO Annual Meeting 13 November 2007 Kerry Sieh TO Annual Meeting 13 November 2007 Soft corals lifted about 10 cm during the September 2007 earthquakes

Kerry Sieh TO Annual Meeting13 November 2007

Kerry Sieh TO Annual Meeting13 November 2007Soft corals lifted about 10 cm during the September 2007 earthquakesSoft corals lifted about 10 cm during the September 2007 earthquakes

Behavior of the Sunda Megathrust in Behavior of the Sunda Megathrust in SumatraSumatra

Behavior of the Sunda Megathrust in Behavior of the Sunda Megathrust in SumatraSumatra

Page 2: Kerry Sieh TO Annual Meeting 13 November 2007 Kerry Sieh TO Annual Meeting 13 November 2007 Soft corals lifted about 10 cm during the September 2007 earthquakes

Caltech John Galetzka Mohamed Chlieh Don Helmberger JP Avouac Aron Meltzner Ozgun Konca Yaru Hsu Mark Simons Andrew Kositsky

Indonesian Institute of Sciences

Danny Natawidjaja Bambang Suwargadi

Dudi PrayudiImam Suprihanto

Scripps Yehuda Bock Paul Jameson Peng Fang Linette Prawirodirjo Kyoto University

Shigehiro Fujino

USC

Jose Borrero

Soft corals lifted about 10 cm during the September 2007 earthquakesSoft corals lifted about 10 cm during the September 2007 earthquakes

CollaboCollaboratorsratorsCollaboCollaboratorsrators

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To understand the behavior of a great active fault at time scales important to understanding the earthquake cycle.Through the millennia

Through the centuries

During large earthquakes

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base modified from NASA World Wind/Blue Marble

from Rich Briggs, after Briggs et al 2006

Deformation over millennia

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by Rich BriggsThe earthquake cycle

Nias-Simeulue sectionNias-Simeulue section

Mentawai sectionMentawai section

southern Aceh-Andaman section

southern Aceh-Andaman section

Deformation over centuries

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Nias-Simeulue and southern Aceh-Nias-Simeulue and southern Aceh-Andaman sectionsAndaman sections

Fossil Microatolldeaths in 1861

Fossil Microatolldeaths in 1861

Fossil Microatolldeaths in 1843

Fossil Microatolldeaths in 1843

Fossil Microatolldeaths in ~1799

Fossil Microatolldeaths in ~1799

(tentative)(tentative)

Fossil Microatolldeaths in ~1440

Fossil Microatolldeaths in ~1440

Fossil Microatolldeaths in ~1390

Fossil Microatolldeaths in ~1390

Fossil Microatolldeaths in ~1327

Fossil Microatolldeaths in ~1327

from Aron Meltzner

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The Mentawais

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Bulasat

Years (AD)Elevation relative to modern

sea level

AD 1357±141797 & 1833

2007

Sawtooth curve of

paleoseismic eventsNot yet

published

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Simanganya

Years (AD)

Elevation relative to modern

sea level

2007

1.8±0.1 m

1.5±0.3 m

1.4±0.2 m

0.15 m

~0.2 m?

Sawtooth curve of

paleoseismic eventsNot yet

published

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Narrow trench-parallel graben on an islet

west of South Pagai island

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Victims of uplift -- dead Portuguese Men-o-War

Southern tip of South Pagai island

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from Briggs et al (2006)

Vertical deformation in the field

Mega island, 4˚S

Measurements

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Minor emergence near northern end of uplift

Island at the western entrance to Sikakap strait

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Field measurements

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Map of field measurements

Not yet published

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Map of contoured field measurements

Not yet published

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Map of contoured field measurements

Not yet published

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Map of contoured field measurements

Not yet published

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L-band InSAR from the Japanese ALOR satellite

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cGPS measurements

Sumatran GPS Array (SuGAr) as of Sept 13, 2007

proposed early 2008

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from Ozgun Konca

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Horizontal (black) and vertical (red)

Displacements during the Mw8.4 mainshock

from Peng Fang via Ozgun Konca

Map of cGPS displacements

Not yet published

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Silabu

(SLBU)

15-sec

cGPS from Jeff Genrich

Strong-ground-motion from Chris

Stephens via Ken Hudnut

Mw 8.4

K2 data

Not yet

published

15-sec data

Not yet published

1-sec data

Not yet published

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Comparison of K2 and cGPS velocity records at Silabu

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Horizontal (black) and vertical (red)

Displacements during the Mw7.9 aftershock

from Peng Fang via Anthony Sladen

Map of SuGAR vectors

Not yet published

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Silabu

(SLBU)

15-sec

1-sec

cGPS from Jeff Genrich

Strong-ground-motion from Chris

Stephens via Ken Hudnut

Mw 7.9 and 7.0 aftershocks

7.9

7.0

7.9

10 cm

10 min

10 cm

K2 data

Not yet

published

15-sec data

Not yet published

1-sec data

Not yet published

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Pukarayat (PKRT)

cGPS from Jeff Genrich

Mw 7.9 and 7.0 aftershocks

15-sec

7.9 7.

0

7.9

15-sec data

Not yet published

1-sec data

Not yet published

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Horizontal (black) and vertical (red)

Displacements during the Mw7.0 aftershock

from Peng Fang via Anthony Sladen

Map of SuGAR vectors

Not yet published

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Mw8.4 inversions

cGPS and teleseismic

databy Ozgun Konca

Teleseismic data only Data = black Model horizontal

(red) and vertical (gray)

Analyses

Maps of inversions

Not yet published

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Mw8.4 inversions

by Ozgun Konca Data = black Model horizontal (red) and vertical (gray)

cGPS with coral at Mega

Detail Map of inversions

Not yet published

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by Ozgun Konca

Mw8.4 inversions

Model displacements

Horizontal

Vertical (m)

from cGPS data only

Maps of vertical deformation estimated

from inversion of SuGAR data

Not yet published

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Joint seismic/cGPS inversion of the 7.9 aftershock

by Anthony Sladen

Data = black Model horizontal = red and vertical = gray

Maps of inversion

Not yet published

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Joint seismic/cGPS inversion of the 7.9 aftershock

by Anthony Sladen

Maps of inversion

Not yet published

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Tsunami field data

by Jose Borrero

Measurements of runup along

mainland coast

Not yet published

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Combined source of mainshock and two aftershocks -- Mw8.45

Data = black Model horizontal = red Model vertical = grayby Anthony Sladen

Maps of slip from

inversion

Not yet published

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from Jean-Philippe and Anthony

Calculated interferogram from combined model

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Base map from Mohamed Chlieh

Comparison of 50-year coupling and September events

How do the Sept 2007 events fit in to the long-term picture?

Map

Not yet published

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from Mohamed, Anthony and Jean-Philippe

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Accumulated potential slip versus slip during 8.4 in September

Map comparing

slip in 2007 with slip deficit

since 1833 and 1797

Not yet published

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1797 1833

Natawidjaja et al, JGR, 2006

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1833 2007

Maps of 2007 uplift

Not yet published

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Bulasat

Years (AD)Elevation relative to modern

sea level

1797 & 1833

2007

Sawtooth curve of

paleoseismic events

Not yet published

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by Rich Briggs