A high-resolution, time-variable afterslip model for the 2010 Maule Mw = 8.8, Chile megathrust earthquake

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 383, Issue , 2013, Pages 26-36

  Bedford, Jonathan ^a   Moreno, Marcos ^a   Baez, Juan Carlos ^b   Lange, Dietrich ^c   Tilmann, Frederik ^a,d   Rosenau, Matthias ^a   Heidbach, Oliver ^a   Oncken, Onno ^a   Bartsch, Mitja ^a   Rietbrock, Andreas ^e   Tassara, Andrés ^b   Bevis, Michael ^f   Vigny, Christophe ^g  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Afterslip; GPS; Maule; Megathrust; Post seismic; Subduction

Indexed keywords

AFTERSLIP; MAULE; MEGATHRUST; POST-SEISMIC; SUBDUCTION;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LOCKS (FASTENERS);

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; CHILE EARTHQUAKE 2010; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT SLIP; GPS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MODEL TEST; SEISMICITY; SLIP RATE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CHILE; MAULE;

EID: 84885724678     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.09.020     Document Type: Article

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