Post-seismic motion following the 1997 Manyi (Tibet) earthquake: InSAR observations and modelling

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1009-1027

  Ryder, Isabelle ^a   Parsons, Barry ^a   Wright, Tim J ^a   Funning, Gareth J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Berkeley Seismological Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Afterslip; Crustal deformation; InSAR; Post seismic motion; Tibet; Viscoelastic relaxation

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT; HALF SPACE; RHEOLOGY; RUPTURE; SEISMICITY; SHEAR MODULUS; TIME SERIES; VISCOSITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 34250183851     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03312.x     Document Type: Article

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