Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton

Research project: Sumatran Earthquake Segment Boundaries Consortium

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This project examines the structure and properties of barriers to earthquake rupture offshore Sumatra, Indonesia.

Project Overview

This was the location of the devastating 2004 and 2005 earthquakes and tsunamis. The 5-year project (2006-2011) is led by Tim Henstock, and involves partners from 4 other UK institutions, plus a number of international partners. It is supported by a £2m grant from NERC.

Project site: http://archive.noc.ac.uk/sumatra/

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Publications

Key Publications

Tang, G., Barton, P. J., McNeill, L. C., Henstock, T. J., Tilmann, F., Dean, S. M., Jusuf, M. D., Djajadihardja, Y. S., Permana, H., Klingelhoefer, F., & Kopp, H. (2013). 3-D active source tomography around Simeulue Island offshore Sumatra: Thick crustal zone responsible for earthquake segment boundary. Geophysical Research Letters, 40(1), 48-53. https://doi.org/10.1029/2012GL054148
Cook, B. J., Henstock, T. J., McNeill, L. C., & Bull, J. M. (2014). Controls on spatial and temporal evolution of prism faulting and relationships to plate boundary slip offshore north-central Sumatra. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 119(7), 5594-5612. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JB010834
McNeill, L. C., & Henstock, T. J. (2014). Forearc structure and morphology along the Sumatra-Andaman subduction zone. Tectonics, 33(2), 112-134. https://doi.org/10.1002/2012TC003264
Geersen, J., McNeill, L. C., Henstock, T. J., & Gaedicke, C. (2013). The 2004 Aceh-Andaman Earthquake: early clay dehydration controls shallow seismic rupture. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 14(9), 3315-3323. https://doi.org/10.1002/ggge.20193
Sumner, E. J., Siti, M. I., McNeill, L. C., Talling, P. J., Henstock, T. J., Wynn, R. B., Djajadihardja, Y. S., & Permana, H. (2013). Can turbidites be used to reconstruct a paleoearthquake record for the central Sumatran margin? Geology, 41(7), 763-766. https://doi.org/10.1130/G34298.1
Tappin, D. R., McNeill, L. C., Henstock, T., & Mosher, D. (2007). Mass wasting processes - offshore Sumatra. In V. Lykousis, D. Sakellariou, & J. Locat (Eds.), Submarine mass movements and their consequences: 3rd International Symposium (pp. 327-336). (Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research; No. 27). Springer.

Articles

Gulick, S. P. S., Austin, J. A., McNeill, L. C., Bangs, N. L. B., Martin, K. M., Henstock, T. J., Bull, J. M., Djajadihardja, Y. S., & Permana, H. (2011). Updip rupture of the 2004 Sumatra earthquake extended by thick indurated sediments. Nature Geoscience, 4, 453-456. https://doi.org/10.1038/Ngeo1176
Dean, S. M., McNeill, L. C., Henstock, T. J., Bull, J. M., Gulick, S. P. S., Austin, J. A., Bangs, N. L. B., Djajadihardja, Y. S., & Permana, H. (2010). Contrasting Decollement and Prism Properties over the Sumatra 2004-2005 Earthquake Rupture Boundary. Science, 329(5988), 207-210. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1189373
Lange, D., Tilmann, F., Rietbrock, A., Collings, R., Natawidjaja, D. H., Suwargadi, B. W., Barton, P., Henstock, T. J., & Ryberg, T. (2010). The Fine Structure of the Subducted Investigator Fracture Zone in Western Sumatra as Seen by Local Seismicity. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 298(1-2), 47-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2010.07.020
Graindorge, D., Klingelhoefer, F., Sibuet, J-C., McNeill, L., Henstock, T. J., Dean, S., Gutscher, M-A., Dessa, J. X., Permana, H., Singh, S. C., Leau, H., White, N., Carton, H., Malod, J. A., Rangin, C., Aryawan, K. G., Chaubey, A. K., Chauhan, A., Galih, D. R., ... Shankar, U. (2008). Impact of lower plate structure on upper plate deformation at the NW Sumatran convergent margin from seafloor morphology. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 275(3-4), 201-210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2008.04.053
Henstock, T. J., McNeill, L. C., & Tappin, D. R. (2006). Seafloor morphology of the Sumatran subduction zone: surface rupture during megathrust earthquakes? Geology, 34(6), 485-488. https://doi.org/10.1130/22426.1

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