Postseismic deformation following the 1991 Racha, Georgia, earthquake

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Podgorski, J ^a   Hearn, E H ^a   McClusky, Simon ^b   Reilinger, R ^b   Taymaz, T ^c   Tan, Onur ^c,d   Prilepin, M ^e   Guseva, T ^e   Nadariya, M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

^e SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^f Joint Stock Company Airgeodetic   (Georgia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

COSEISMIC MOMENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; VISCOELASTIC RELAXATION;

EARTHQUAKES;

ACCELERATION; AFTERSHOCK; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GPS; LOWER CRUST; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; SEISMIC MOMENT; STRONG MOTION; THRUST FAULT;

CAUCASUS; EURASIA; GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547984490     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028477     Document Type: Article

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