Interpretation of interseismic deformations and the seismic cycle associated with large subduction earthquakes

Tectonophysics

Volumn 589, Issue , 2013, Pages 126-141

  Trubienko, Olga ^a   Fleitout, Luce ^a   Garaud, Jean Didier ^b   Vigny, Christophe ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^b ONERA   (France)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Finite element; Low viscosity wedge; Seismic cycle; Subduction; Viscoelastic asthenosphere

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT; LOW VISCOSITY; SEISMIC CYCLE; SUBDUCTION; VISCOELASTIC ASTHENOSPHERE;

DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; FAULTING; RHEOLOGY; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

EARTHQUAKES;

ASTHENOSPHERE; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC PLATE; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011; VISCOELASTICITY;

HONSHU; INDONESIA; JAPAN; MALAYSIA; THAILAND; TOHOKU;

EID: 84875377222     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.12.027     Document Type: Article

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