Recent crustal deformation and the earthquake cycle along the Ecuador-Colombia subduction zone

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 231-242

  White, Scott M ^a   Trenkamp, Robert ^a   Kellogg, James N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; Plate coupling; Postseismic relaxation; Seismic locking; Subduction

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; ELASTICITY; GPS; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

COLOMBIA; ECUADOR;

EID: 0344440987     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00535-1     Document Type: Article

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