Constraints on fault and lithosphere rheology from the coseismic slip and postseismic afterslip of the 2006 Mw7.0 Mozambique earthquake

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Copley, Alex ^a   Hollingsworth, James ^b   Bergman, Eric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Global Seismological Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT; FAULT PLANE; FAULT ZONE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; NORMAL FAULT; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; RHEOLOGY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SLIP; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

MOZAMBIQUE;

EID: 84858309307     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008580     Document Type: Article

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