Evidence of fluid-filled upper crust from observations of postseismic deformation due to the 1992 Mw7.3 Landers earthquake

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Fialko, Yuri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluids rheology afterslip; Postseismic relaxation; Transient deformation

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; GPS; LANDERS EARTHQUAKE 1992; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; SHEAR ZONE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7044284786     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB002985     Document Type: Article

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