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Philibosian,B.,Sieh, K., Natawidjaja,D. H., Chiang,H. W., Shen,C. C., Suwargadi,B. W., Hill,E. M., and Edwards,R. L. (2012), An ancient shallow slip event on the Mentawai segment of the Sunda megathrust, Sumatra, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 117 (2012) ................................................................................
Meltzner,A. J., Sieh,K., Chiang,H. W., Shen,C. C., Suwargadi,B. W., Natawidjaja,D. H., Philibosian,B., and Briggs,R. W. (2012), Persistent termini of 2004-and 2005-like ruptures of the Sunda megathrust, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 117 (2012) ................................................................................
Meltzner,A. J., Sieh,K., Chiang,H. W., Shen,C. C., Suwargadi,B. W., Natawidjaja,D. H., Philibosian,B. E., Briggs,R. W., and Galetzka,J. (2010), Coral evidence for earthquake recurrence and an A.D. 1390-1455 cluster at the south end of the 2004 Aceh-Andaman rupture, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 115 (2010) ................................................................................
Shen,C. C., Li,K. S., Sieh,K., Natawidjaja,D., Cheng,H., Wang,X., Edwards,R. L., Lam,D. D., Hsieh,Y. T., Fan,T. Y., Meltzner,A. J., Taylor,F. W., Quinn,T. M., Chiang,H. W., and Kilbourne,K. H., (2008), Variation of initial Th-230/Th-232 and limits of high precision U-Th dating of shallow-water corals (vol 72, pg 4201, 2008), Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 72(24), 6199-6199 (2008) ................................................................................
Shen,C-C., Li,K-S., Sieh,K., Natawidjaja,D., Cheng, H., Wang, X., Edwards, R. L., Lam, D. D., Hsieh, Y-T., Fan, T-Y., Meltzner, A. J., Taylor, F. W., Quinn, t. M., Chiang, H-W., Kilbourne, K. H., (2008) Variation of initial 230Th/232Th and limits of high precision U-Th dating of shallow-water corals, Geochim, Cosmochim Acta (submitted). ................................................................................
Sieh, K., Natawidjaja,D. H., Meltzner, A.J., Shen, C-C., Cheng, H., Li, K-S., Suwargadi,B., Galetzka,,J., Philibosian, B., Edwards, R.L., Earthquake Supercycles Inferred from Sea-Level Changes Recorded in the Corals of West Sumatra, Vol. 322. no. 1674 (2008) Science .DOI: 10.1126/science.1163589. ................................................................................
Konca, A.O., Avouac, J-P., Sladen, A., Meltzner, A., Sieh, K., Fang, P., Li, Z.,Galetzka, J., Genrich, J., Chlieh, M., Natawidjaja, D., Bock, Y., F, Partial rupture of a locked patch of the Sumatra megathrust during the 2007 earthquake sequence, Nature, vol 456 pp 631-635, Dec 4, 2008 ................................................................................
Briggs, R., Sieh, K., Amidon, W., Galetzka, J., Prayudi, D., Suprihanto, I., Sastra, N., Farr, T. Persistent elastic behavior above a megathrust rupture patch: Nias Island, West Sumatra, J. Geophys. Res., VOL. 113, B12406, doi:10.1029/2008JB005684, 2008. ................................................................................
Shena, C-C., Lia, K-S., Sieh, K., Natawidjaja, D., Cheng,H., Wang, X., Edwards, R. L., Lam, D. D., Hsieh, Y-T., Fan, T-F., Meltzner, A. J., Taylor, F. W., Quinn, T. M., Chiang, H-W., and Kilbourne, K. H., Variation of initial 230Th/232Th and limits of high precision U–Th dating of shallow-water corals, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 72, Issue 17, 1 September 2008, Pages 4201-4223, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2008.06.011 ................................................................................
Shen, C.-C., Li, K.-S., Sieh, K., Natawidjaja, D., Cheng, H., Wang, X., Edwards, R.L., Lam, D.D., Hsieh, Y.-T., Fan, T.-Y., Meltzner, A.J., Taylor, F.W., Quinn, T.M., Chiang, H.-W., Kilbourne, K.H., Variation of initial 230Th/232Th and limits of high precision U-Th dating of shallow-water corals, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (2008), doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.06.011 ................................................................................
Chlieh, M., J. P. Avouac, K. Sieh, D. H. Natawidjaja, and J. Galetzka (2008), Heterogeneous coupling of the Sumatran megathrust constrained by geodetic and paleogeodetic measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B05305, doi:10.1029/2007JB004981. ................................................................................
Shyu, J.B.H., Chung, L.-H., Chen, Y.-G., Lee, J.-C. and Sieh, K. (2007), Re-evaluation of the surface ruptures of the November 1951 earthquake series in eastern Taiwan, and its neotectonic implications. J. Asian Earth Sci., 31, 317-331. ................................................................................
McClosky, J., Antonioli, A., Piatanesi, A., Sieh, K., Steacy, S., Nalbant, S., Cocco, M., Giunchi, C., Huang, J.D., Dunlop, P., Near-field propagation of tsunamis from megathrust earthquakes, Geophysical Research Letters, VOL 34, I4316, doi:10.1029/2007GL030494, 2007. ................................................................................
Shyu, B., Sieh, K., Chen, Y. G., & Liu C.-S. , Neotectonic Architecture of Taiwan and it's Implications for Future Large Earthquakes.. Journal of Geophysical Research (2005) ................................................................................
Chlieh, M., Avouac, J-P., Hjorleifsdottir, V., Song, T-R. A., Chan, J., Sieh, K., Sladen, A., Herbert, H., Prawirodirdjo, L., Bock, Y., Galetzka, J., Coseismic Slip and Afterslip of the Great (Mw9.15) Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake of 2004. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., Vol. 97, No 1A, pp.S152-S173, January 2007, doi: 10.1785/0120050631. ................................................................................
A. O. Konca, V. Hjorleifsdottir, D. V. Helmberger, K. Sieh, J-P. Avouac, R. Briggs, A. Meltzner, J. Galetzka, D. H. Natawidjaja, B. Suwargadi, Rupture kinematics and strong ground motion estimates of the 2005, Mw 8.6 , Nias Earthquake from the joint inversion of seismic and geodetic data. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., Vol. 97, No. 1A, pp. S307-S322, January 2007, doi: 10.1785/0120050632. ................................................................................
Borrero, J., Sieh, K., Chlieh, M., Synolakis, C., Tsunami forecasts for Western Sumatra. PNAS 2006 Vol 103, no. 52, Pgs. 19673-19677; doi:10.1073/pnas.0604069103. ................................................................................
Supplement Natawidjaja, D., K. Sieh, J. Galetzka, B. Suwargadi, H. Cheng, R.L. Edwards , Interseismic deformation above the Sunda megathrust recorded in coral microatolls of the Mentawai islands, West Sumatra, Journal of Geophysical Research, VOL 112, B02404, doi:10.1029/2006JB004450, 2007. ................................................................................
Sieh, K., Sumatran Megathrust Earthquakes - From Science to Saving Lives, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol. 364, N. 1845, August 15, 2006, Pgs. 1947 - 1963, DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2006.1807 ................................................................................
Supplement Natawidjaja, D., Sieh, K., Chlieh, M., Galetzka, J., Suwargadi, B., Cheng, H., Edwards, R.L., Avouac, J.P., Ward, S., Source parameters of the great Sumatran megathrust earthquakes of 1797 and 1833 inferred from coral microatolls. Journal of Geophysical Research, VOL 111, B06403, doi:10.1029/2005JB004025, 2006. ................................................................................
Supplement Hsu, Y.-J., M. Simons, J.P. Avouac, J. Galetzka, K. Sieh, M. Chlieh, D. Natawidjaja, L. Prawirodirdjo, Y. Bock, Frictional afterslip following the Mw 8.7, 2005 Nias-Simeulue earthquake, Sumatra, Science 30 June 2006 312: 1921-1926 [DOI: 10.1126/science.1126960]. ................................................................................
R. Briggs, Sieh, K., Meltzner, A., Natawidjaja, D., Galetzka, J., Suwargadi, B., Hsu, Y-j., Simons, M., Hananto, N., Suprihanto, I., Prayudi, D., Avouac, J.-P., Prawriodirdjo, L., Bock, Y., Deformation and slip along the Sunda megthrust during the great March 2005 Nias-Simeulue earthquake. Science 31 March 2006: Vol. 311. no. 5769, pp. 1897 - 1901 DOI: 10.1126/science.1122602. ................................................................................
Subarya, C., M. Chlieh, L. Prawirodirdjo, J.-P. Avouac, R. McCaffrey, Y. Bock, K. Sieh,A.J. Meltzner, and D.H. Natawidjaja - Plate boundary deformation associated with the great Aceh-Andaman earthquake. Nature, Vol 440, 2 March 2006, doi:10.1038/nature04522 ................................................................................
Meltzner, A.J., K. Sieh, M. Abrams, D.C. Agnew, K.W. Hudnut, J.-P. Avouac, and D.H. Natawidjaja, Uplift and subsidence associated with the great Aceh-Andaman earthquake of 2004, Journal of Geophysical Research, VOL. 111, B02407, doi:10.1029/2005JB003891, 2006. ................................................................................
Hilman N., Danny, K. Sieh, S. Ward, R. L. Edwards, J. Galetzka, B. Suwargadi, 2004, Paleogeodetic records of seismic and aseismic subduction from central Sumatran microatolls, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 109, B4, B04306, doi:10.1029/2003JB002398. ................................................................................
M. Simoes, J-P. Avouac, R. Cattin and P. Henry, The Sumatra subduction zone: A case for a locked fault zone extending into the mantle, Journal of Geophysical Research 109, B10402, doi:10.1029/2003JB002958, 2004. ................................................................................
Natawidjaja, D. H. (2003), Neotectonics of the Sumatran Fault and paleogeodesy of the Sumatran subduction zone, Ph. D. thesis, Calif. Inst. of Technol., Pasadena. ................................................................................
Rivera, L., K. Sieh, D. Helmberger, and D. Natawidjaja, 2002, A comparative study of the Sumatran subduction-zone earthquakes of 1935 and 1984: Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 92, no. 5, 1721-1736. ................................................................................
Zachariasen, J., K. Sieh, F. Taylor, and W. Hantoro, 2000, Modern vertical deformation above the Sumatran subduction zone: Paleogeodetic insights from coral microatolls: Seismol. Soc. America Bulletin 90, 897-913. ................................................................................
Sieh, K., and D. Natawidjaja, 2000, Neotectonics of the Sumatran fault, Indonesia: Journal of Geophysical Research 105, 28,295-28,326. ................................................................................
Sieh, K., S. Ward, D. Natawidjaja and B. Suwargadi, 1999, Crustal deformation at the Sumatran subduction zone revealed by coral rings. Geophysical Research Letters 26, 3141-3144. ................................................................................
Zachariasen, J., K. Sieh, F. Taylor, R. Edwards, and W. Hantoro, 1999, Submergence and uplift associated with the giant 1833 Sumatran subduction earthquake: Evidence from coral microatolls: Journal of Geophysical Research 104, 895-919. ................................................................................

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Gagani, M., K. Abram, N. J., Hantoro, W. S., Natawidjaja, D. H., Sieh, K., The Indian Ocean Dipole and great earthquake cycle: long-term perspectives for improved prediction, Goldschmidt Conference 2008, Vancouver BC. ................................................................................
Natawidjaja, D., Sieh, K., Galetzka, J., Suwargadi, B. W., Edwards, R. L., Cheng, H., Shen, C., Mohamed, C., (2007) A 700-year-long paleoseismic context for the Sumatran megathrust earthquakes of 2007, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract#U53A-01 INVITED ................................................................................
Sladena, A., Konca, A., Avouac, J., Sieh, K., Galtezka, J., Fang, P., Genrich, J., Ji, C., Natawidjaja, D., Bock, Y., (2007) The 12 September 2007, Mw=7.9 Pagai-Sipora Earthquake, an Impulsive Rupture on the Central Sumatra Megathrust, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract#U51A-0005 ................................................................................
Konca, A., Galetzka, J., Avouac, J., Sieh, K., Natawidjaja, D. H., Fang, P., Genrich, J., Song, A., Bock, Y., Chlieh, M., Ji, C., Helmberger, D V., (2007) Rupture kinematics of Mw8.4 South Pagai Earthquake, Sumatra, from joint inversion of seismic and geodetic data, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract#U53A-07 ................................................................................
Chlieh, M., Avouac, J., Sieh, K., Natawidjaja, D., Galetzka, J., (2007) Heterogeneous coupling on the Sumatra megathrust constrained from geodetic and paleogeodetic measurements, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract#U54A-01 ................................................................................
Hudnut, K., Galetzka, J., Sieh, K., Heaton, T., Yang, J., Genrich, J., Briggs, R., Stephens, C., Boore, D., Acosta, A., Borsa, A., Stark, K. (2007) , Near-field strong ground-motions during the September 12-13, 2007 Sumatran earthquakes, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract#U53A-05 ................................................................................
Meltzner, A. J., Sieh, K., Natawidjaja, D. H., Konca, A. O., Sladen, A., (2007) Uplift and Subsidence during the September 2007 Mentawai Earthquakes from Field Observations, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract#U54A-02 ................................................................................
Steacy, S., Nalbant, S., McCloskey, J., Antonioli, A., Piatenesi, A., Sieh, K., Cocco, M., (2007) Stress, triggered earthquakes, and modelled tsunamis on the Sunda Trench, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract#U51A-0010 ................................................................................
Genrich, J., Konca, O., Sladen, A., Sieh, K., Avouac, J., Galetzka, J., (2007) Analysis of High Rate GPS Data From the September 12 and 13 Strong Motion Events off Sumatra, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract#U53A-06 ................................................................................
Sieh, K., Meltzner, A.J., Galetzka, J., Edwards, R., L., CHeng, H., SHen, C-C., CHiang, H-W., Natawidjadja, D., Briggs, R., Chlieh, M., Suwargadi, B., Variations in Modes of Failure Along the Sunda Megathrust, presented at 4th Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society in Bangkok, Thailand, 1 August 2007. ................................................................................
Meltzner, A.J., Sieh, K., Briggs, R., Chiang, H.-W., Shen, C.-C., Suwargadi, B., Coseismic, postseismic, and interseismic deformation at the boundaries of the 2004 and 2005 Sunda megathrust ruptures: insights from coral microatolls, presented at 4th Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society in Bangkok, Thailand, 1 August 2007. ................................................................................
Kerry Sieh, 2005, The next giant Sumatran megathrust earthquake: From science to human welfare: Memorial Conference on the 2004 giant Earthquake and Tsunami in the Indian Ocean, Tokyo Japan ................................................................................
C. Shen, K. Li, K. Sieh, D. Natawidjaja, X. Wang, H. Cheng, R. Edwards, Limits and application of high precision coral 230Th dating techniques, abstract submitted for presentation, AGU Fall Meeting, December 5, 2005, San Francisco, CA ................................................................................
Chlieh, J.P. Avouac, K. Sieh, D. Natawidjaja, B. Suwargadi, J. Galetzka, Interseismic strain accumulation along the Sumatran Subduction Zone seismic gap, abstract submitted for presentation, AGU Fall Meeting, December 5, 2005, San Francisco, CA ................................................................................
Sieh, K, and C. Stebbins, 2004, Mittigating the Effects of Large Subduction-Zone Earthquakes in Western Sumatra: in Transactions of the American Geophysical Union ................................................................................
Natawidjaja, D., K. Sieh, B. Suwargadi, and J. Galetzka, 2000, A continuous 400-year-long paleogeodetic record of aseismic and seismic subducion from a coral microatoll, West Sumatra, Indonesia: Eos, Trans., Am. Geophys. U. 81, F896. ................................................................................
Sieh, K., Zachariasen, J., Bock, Y., Edwards, L., Taylor, F., Gans, P., 1994, Active tectonics of Sumatra: GSA Abstracts with Programs 26, No. 7, Sept. 1994. ................................................................................
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