Earthquake cycle deformation in the Tibetan plateau with a weak mid-crustal layer

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3101-3111

  Devries, Phoebe M R ^a   Meade, Brendan J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

earthquake cycle; mid crustal strength; post seismic; strain localization

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; GEODETIC DATUM; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRAIN ANALYSIS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; VISCOELASTICITY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84880732927     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrb.50209     Document Type: Article

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