Revisiting viscoelastic effects on interseismic deformation and locking degree: A case study of the peru-north chile subduction zone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 4522-4538

  Li, Shaoyang ^a   Moreno, Marcos ^a   Bedford, Jonathan ^a   Rosenau, Matthias ^a   Oncken, Onno ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

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EID: 84932134584     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JB011903     Document Type: Article

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