Interseismic strain accumulation across the Manyi fault (Tibet) prior to the 1997 Mw 7.6 earthquake

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 24, 2011, Pages

  Bell, M A ^a   Elliott, J R ^a   Parsons, B E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; INTERFEROMETRY; LOCKS (FASTENERS); MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ALTYN TAGH FAULT; CO-SEISMIC DISPLACEMENT; INTERFEROGRAMS; INTERSEISMIC DEFORMATIONS; POSTSEISMIC DEFORMATION; RELATIVE MOTION; STRAIN ACCUMULATIONS; STRIKE-SLIP EARTHQUAKES;

FAULTING;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; ERS-1; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; INTERFEROMETER; LOWER CRUST; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SEISMICITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; UPPER MANTLE;

ALTUN MOUNTAINS; CHINA; KUNLUN MOUNTAINS; XIZANG;

EID: 84055191539     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049762     Document Type: Article

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