Mechanisms of transient postseismic deformation following the 2001 Mw 7.8 Kunlun (China) earthquake

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 767-779

  Diao, Faqi ^a   Xiong, Xiong ^b   Wang, Rongjiang ^c  

^a Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Afterslip; GPS; Kunlun earthquake; Postseismic deformation; Viscoelastic relaxation

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FAULTING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

AFTERSLIP; COMBINED MODEL; COSEISMIC SLIPS; POSTSEISMIC DEFORMATION; RUPTURE PLANE; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SURFACE DISPLACEMENT; VISCOELASTIC RELAXATION;

DEFORMATION;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT PLANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; SLIP; UPPER MANTLE; VISCOELASTICITY;

CHINA; KUNLUN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 79959685522     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-010-0154-5     Document Type: Article

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