On the effects of thermally weakened ductile shear zones on postseismic deformation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6295-6310

  Takeuchi, Christopher S ^a   Fialko, Yuri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ductile shear; postseismic deformation; shear zones

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; GPS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POWER LAW; RHEOLOGY; SATELLITE DATA; SEISMIC SOURCE; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VISCOELASTICITY;

MOJAVE DESERT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892579555     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JB010215     Document Type: Article

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