Rapid postseismic transients in subduction zones from continuous GPS

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Melbourne, Timothy I ^a   Webb, Frank H ^b   Stock, Joann M ^c   Reigber, Christoph ^d  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Moment release; Postseismic; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

CREEP; FAULT SLIP; GPS; MOMENT TENSOR; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 0037058170     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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