Effect of viscoelastic postseismic relaxation on estimates of interseismic crustal strain accumulation at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Hammond, William C ^a   Kreemer, Corné ^a   Blewitt, Geoffrey ^a   Plag, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

seismic cycle; transient deformation

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; SHEAR STRAIN; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION; MAXWELL VISCOELASTIC MODELS; SEISMIC CYCLE; STRAIN ACCUMULATIONS; TRANSIENT DEFORMATION; UPPER MANTLE VISCOSITY; VISCOELASTIC RELAXATION; YUCCA MOUNTAIN , NEVADA;

STRAIN RATE;

EID: 77958577593     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL042795     Document Type: Article

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