Using short-term postseismic displacements to infer the ambient deformation conditions of the upper mantle

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Freed, Andrew M ^a   Hirth, Greg ^b   Behn, Mark D ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREEP; DEFORMATION; DISLOCATION; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SHEAR STRESS; SHEAR ZONE; STEADY FLOW; STRAIN RATE; TRANSIENT FLOW; UPPER MANTLE; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84856534760     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008562     Document Type: Article

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