Stress diffusion following large strike-slip earthquakes: A comparison between spherical and flat-earth models

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 85-90

  Antonioli, Andrea ^a   Piersanti, Antonio ^b   Spada, Giorgio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Post seismic deformations; Stress diffusion

Indexed keywords

SEISMICITY; STRESS DIFFUSION;

EID: 0031843870     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.1331490.x     Document Type: Article

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