Studying the viscosity of lower crust of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau according to post-seismic deformation

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 411-419

  Zhang, ChaoJun ^a   Cao, JianLing ^b   Shi, YaoLin ^b  

^a CHINA EARTHQUAKE NETWORKS CENTER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Post seismic deformation; Rheological law; Rheological model; Strain rate; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; RHEOLOGY; TECTONICS; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY;

CROSS OVERS; EFFECTIVE VISCOSITIES; IN-PHASE; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LOWER CRUSTS; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDES; POST-SEISMIC DEFORMATION; QINGHAI-TIBET PLATEAUX; QUANTITATIVE MODELING; QUANTITATIVE RESEARCHES; RHEOLOGICAL LAW; RHEOLOGICAL MODEL;

STRAIN RATE;

DEFORMATION; GEODYNAMICS; GPS; LOWER CRUST; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN RATE; VISCOSITY;

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

EID: 62749180247     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-009-0028-9     Document Type: Article

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