The effect of earth rheology and ice-sheet size on fault slip and magnitude of postglacial earthquakes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 388, Issue , 2014, Pages 71-80

  Steffen, Rebekka ^a,b   Wu, Patrick ^a,c   Steffen, Holger ^a,d   Eaton, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d Geodetic Infrastructure   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Fault; Finite element modelling; Flexural stress; Glacial isostatic adjustment

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; EARTHQUAKES; FAULTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLACIERS; HORIZONTAL WELLS; ICE; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL ICE SHEET; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING; FINITE-ELEMENT APPROACH; FLEXURAL STRESS; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENTS; MOMENT MAGNITUDES; SEISMIC DISPLACEMENT;

FAULT SLIPS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGLACIATION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT SLIP; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLEXURE; GLACIOISOSTASY; ICE SHEET; ICE THICKNESS; POSTGLACIAL; RHEOLOGY; SEISMICITY; STRESS FIELD; THRUST;

EID: 84890767781     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.11.058     Document Type: Article

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