The 2003 Bam (Iran) earthquake: Rupture of a blind strike-slip fault

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Jun 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004georl..3111611t&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 31, Issue 11, CiteID L11611

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Geodesy And Gravity: Crustal Movements-Intraplate (8110), Geodesy And Gravity: Seismic Deformations (7205), Geodesy And Gravity: Space Geodetic Surveys, Radio Science: Remote Sensing

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An Mw 6.5 earthquake devastated the town of Bam in southeast Iran on 26 December 2003. Surface displacements and decorrelation effects, mapped using Envisat radar data, reveal that over 2 m of slip occurred at depth on a fault that had not previously been identified. It is common for earthquakes to occur on blind faults which, despite their name, usually produce long-term surface effects by which their existence may be recognised. However, in this case there is a complete absence of morphological features associated with the seismogenic fault that destroyed Bam.

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