Far-reaching transient motions after Mojave earthquakes require broad mantle flow beneath a strong crust

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Freed, Andrew M ^a   Bürgmann, Roland ^b   Herring, Thomas ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODETIC SATELLITES; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS; VISCOELASTICITY;

HECTOR MINE EARTHQUAKE; POSTSEISMIC SURFACE DISPLACEMENTS; SHEAR ZONE;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; MANTLE; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; SHEAR ZONE;

CALIFORNIA; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37249079289     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030959     Document Type: Article

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