A viscoelastic and afterslip postseismic deformation model for the 1964 Alaska earthquake

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Suito, Hisashi ^b   Freymueller, Jeffrey T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; MODELING; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UPLIFT; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 72049122104     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005954     Document Type: Article

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