Practical implications of the geometrical sensitivity of elastic dislocation models for field geologic surveys

Tectonophysics

Volumn 560-561, Issue , 2012, Pages 94-104

  Kanda, Ravi V S ^a   Simons, Mark ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backslip model; Coastal uplift and hingeline; Elastic subducting plate model; Geodetic data inversion; Sensitivity to plate geometry and slip distribution; Subduction zone seismic cycle deformation

Indexed keywords

GEODETIC DATA; HINGELINE; SLIP DISTRIBUTION; SUBDUCTING PLATE; SUBDUCTION ZONES;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOMETRY; SEISMOLOGY; VELOCITY;

TECTONICS;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; GEODETIC DATUM; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; GEOMETRY; GPS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC SOURCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 84864335797     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.06.040     Document Type: Article

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