Postseismic deformation in Chile: Constraints on the asthenospheric viscosity

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 3157-3160

  Piersanti, Antonio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANELASTIC RELAXATION; EARTHQUAKES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RHEOLOGY; VISCOELASTICITY;

ASTHENOSPHERE; MAXWELL RHEOLOGY;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

ASTHENOSPHERE; DEFORMATION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS;

CHILE;

EID: 0033569016     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL005375     Document Type: Article

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