Postseismic stress diffusion in Chile and South Peru

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 206, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 325-333

  Casarotti, E ^a   Piersanti, A ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chile Peru; Coulomb stress; Fault interaction; Postseismic relaxation; Siesmic gap

Indexed keywords

COULOMB CRITERION; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; STRESS FIELD; VISCOELASTICITY;

(SOUTH); CHILE; PERU;

EID: 0037441851     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)01103-2     Document Type: Article

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