Geodetic strain across the San Andreas fault reflects elastic plate thickness variations (rather than fault slip rate)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 269, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 352-365

  Chéry, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

elastic thickness; fault; geodesy; GPS; interseismic strain; lithosphere; rheology; San Andreas fault; stress

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN RATE; TECTONICS;

ELASTIC LITHOSPHERE; INTERSEISMIC STRAIN; INTERSEISMIC VELOCITY FIELD;

SEISMOLOGY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEODESY; GPS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; PACIFIC PLATE; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SLIP RATE; STRAIN RATE; STRESS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; CALIFORNIA; CARRIZO PLAIN; GREAT BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; SAN ANDREAS; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

CARRIZO;

EID: 43449111766     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.01.046     Document Type: Article

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