A rheological model of post-seismic deformation for the 2001 Kunlun, China earthquake, Mw 7.8

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 145-154

  Zhang, Chaojun ^a,b   Shi, Yaolin ^b   Ma, Li ^a   Lomnitz, Cinna ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Kunlun earthquake; Post seismic deformation; Rheology; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; RHEOLOGY; VISCOELASTICITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KUNLUN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 34948910253     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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