Viscoelastic relaxation following subduction earthquakes and its effects on afterslip determination

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1329-1344

  Sun, Tianhaozhe ^a   Wang, Kelin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

Author keywords

afterslip; fault slip behavior; short term postseismic deformation; subduction earthquakes; viscoelastic relaxation

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT SLIP; GEODESY; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; SUBDUCTION; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 85028170085     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JB011707     Document Type: Article

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