Viscosity of oceanic asthenosphere inferred from remote triggering of earthquakes

Science

Volumn 280, Issue 5367, 1998, Pages 1245-1249

  Pollitz, Fred F ^a   Bürgmann, Roland ^a   Romanowicz, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EARTHQUAKE; GEOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 2642673602     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.280.5367.1245     Document Type: Article

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