Postseismic deformation in Pakistan after the 8 October 2005 earthquake: Evidence of afterslip along a flat north of the Balakot-Bagh thrust

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Jouanne, F ^a   Awan, A ^b   Madji, A ^b   Pecher A ^c   Latif, M ^b   Kausar, A ^b   Mugnier, J L ^a   Khan, I ^b   Khan, N A ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Geological Survey of Pakistan   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; KASHMIR EARTHQUAKE 2005; LOWER CRUST; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; SLIP; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; THRUST;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 79960274650     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007903     Document Type: Article

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