Three-dimensional elastic dislocation modeling of the postseismic response to the 1964 Alaska earthquake

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Zweck, Chris ^a   Freymueller, Jeffrey T ^a   Cohen, Steven C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal movements; Earthquake dynamics; Earthquake mechanics; Modeling

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; GPS; MODELING; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

ALASKA; KENAI PENINSULA; KODIAK ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0012498851     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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