On the resolution of shallow mantle viscosity structure using postearthquake relaxation data: Application to the 1999 Hector Mine, California, earthquake

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Pollitz, Fred F ^a   Thatcher, Wayne ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; GPS; HECTOR MINE EARTHQUAKE 1999; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; VISCOSITY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958608890     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007405     Document Type: Article

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