Contributions of poroelastic rebound and a weak volcanic arc to the postseismic deformation of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hu, Yan ^a   Bürgmann, Roland ^a   Freymueller, Jeffrey T ^b   Banerjee, Paramesh ^c   Wang, Kelin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

Author keywords

Finite element model; Giant earthquake; Numerical simulation; Poroelastic rebound; Subduction zone; Viscoelastic postseismic deformation; Weakened lower crust beneath the arc

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ISLAND ARC; POROELASTICITY; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 84919914205     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1880-5981-66-106     Document Type: Article

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