Viscoelastic deformation for a clustered earthquake cycle

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Meade, Brendan J ^a   Hager, Bradford H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOELASTICITY;

EARTHQUAKE CYCLES; VISCOELASTIC DEFORMATION;

GEOPHYSICS;

EARTHQUAKE; SLIP RATE; VELOCITY PROFILE; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 4143074704     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019643     Document Type: Article

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