Illumination of rheological mantle heterogeneity by the M7.2 2010 El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Pollitz, Fred F ^a   Bürgmann, Roland ^b   Thatcher, Wayne ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

mantle; postseismic; rheology; viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; VELOCITY; VISCOELASTICITY;

CALIFORNIA; COLORADO RIVER; CRUSTAL VELOCITY; EPICENTRAL AREA; FAULT SYSTEM; HIGH VISCOSITIES; LITHOSPHERIC; MANTLE; MANTLE HETEROGENEITY; POSTSEISMIC; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT SYSTEMS; TRANSIENT DEFORMATION; UPPER MANTLE;

EARTHQUAKES;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; GPS; HETEROGENEITY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; RHEOLOGY; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SEISMIC VELOCITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; UPPER MANTLE; VISCOELASTICITY;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; COAST RANGES; COLORADO DESERT; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PENINSULAR RANGES; SONORAN DESERT;

EID: 84861844312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004139     Document Type: Article

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