Complex states of stress during the normal faulting seismic cycle: Role of midcrustal postseismic creep

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Nchter, Jens Alexander ^a,b   Ellis, Susan ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; CREEP; DEFORMATION; FAULT SLIP; METAMORPHIC ROCK; NORMAL FAULT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS FIELD; UPPER CRUST;

EID: 78650290810     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007557     Document Type: Article

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