Constraints on the viscosity of the continental crust and mantle from GPS measurements and postseismic deformation models in western Mongolia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Vergnolle, Mathilde ^a   Pollitz, Fred ^b   Calais, Eric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crust lithosphere rheology; GPS; Mongolia; Postseismic; Viscoelastic

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; DEFORMATION; GPS; KINEMATICS; MANTLE STRUCTURE; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; VISCOSITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

EID: 1442266633     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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