Viscoelastic relaxation and long-lasting after-slip following the 1997 Umbria-Marche (Central Italy) earthquakes

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 534-546

  Riva, Riccardo E M ^a   Borghi, A ^b   Aoudia, A ^a,c   Barzaghi, R ^b   Sabadini, R ^d   Panza, G F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crustal deformation; Earthquakes; Global Positioning System (GPS); Rheology

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; GPS; RHEOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR; SLIP; VISCOELASTICITY;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MARCHE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UMBRIA;

EID: 34247211838     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03315.x     Document Type: Article

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