Transient rheology of the uppermost mantle beneath the Mojave Desert, California

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 215, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 89-104

  Pollitz, Fred F ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Global positioning system; Mantle; Postseismic relaxation; Rheology; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; GEODETIC DATUM; GPS; HECTOR MINE EARTHQUAKE 1999; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; RHEOLOGY; UPPER MANTLE; VISCOELASTICITY;

CALIFORNIA; MOJAVE DESERT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141919578     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00432-1     Document Type: Article

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