The crustal viscosity gradient measured from post-seismic deformation: A case study of the 1997 Manyi (Tibet) earthquake

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 351-352, Issue , 2012, Pages 105-114

  Yamasaki, Tadashi ^a   Houseman, Gregory A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depth dependent viscosity; Effective elastic thickness; Post seismic deformation; Rheology of the crust; Viscous relaxation

Indexed keywords

APPARENT VISCOSITY; CREEP DEFORMATIONS; CRUSTAL MATERIALS; DATA SETS; DEPTH DEPENDENTS; DISPLACEMENT RATE; EFFECTIVE ELASTIC THICKNESS; ELASTIC LAYERS; GROUND DISPLACEMENT; INTER-SEISMIC PERIODS; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; LABORATORY SCALE; RELAXATION RATES; STRESS EXPONENTS; SYSTEMATIC VARIATION; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION; TIME CONSTANTS; UNIFORM VISCOSITY; UPPER BOUND; VERTICAL GRADIENTS; VISCOELASTIC LAYERS; VISCOSITY GRADIENT; VISCOSITY SOLUTIONS; VISCOUS RELAXATION;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CREEP; FAULT DETECTION; FAULTING; GEODETIC SATELLITES; VISCOSITY;

EARTHQUAKES;

CREEP; DATA SET; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RHEOLOGY; SEISMICITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84865511344     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.07.030     Document Type: Article

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