Geodetic constraints on postseismic deformation following the 1990 Ms 7.8 Luzon earthquake and implications for Luzon tectonics and Philippine Sea plate motion

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2001, Pages

  Beavan, John ^a,f   Silcock, David ^b,g   Hamburger, Michael ^c   Ramos, Emmanuel ^d   Thibault, Catherine ^c,h   Feir, Renato ^e  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology   (Philippines)

^e National Mapping and Resource Information Authority   (Philippines)

^f Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^g RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

crustal rheology; Luzon earthquake; Philippine fault; Philippine plate motion; postseismic deformation

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; FAULTING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GEOMETRY; GEOPHYSICS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LOCKS (FASTENERS); STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; TECTONICS; VELOCITY; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

CRUSTAL RHEOLOGY; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE INTERVALS; PLATE MOTIONS; POSTSEISMIC DEFORMATION; STRIKE-SLIP EARTHQUAKES; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D); VISCOELASTIC COUPLING;

FAULT SLIPS;

EID: 84875079810     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GC000100     Document Type: Article

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