Prevalence of viscoelastic relaxation after the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake
Sun, T.; Wang, K.; Iinuma, T.; Hino, R.; He, J.; Fujimoto, H.; Kido, M.; Osada, Y.; Miura, S.; Ohta, Y.; Hu, Y. (2014). Prevalence of viscoelastic relaxation after the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake. Nature (Lond.) 514(7520): 84-87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature13778
In: Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science. Nature Publishing Group: London. ISSN 0028-0836; e-ISSN 1476-4687, more
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| Authors | | Top |
- Sun, T.
- Wang, K.
- Iinuma, T.
- Hino, R.
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- He, J.
- Fujimoto, H.
- Kido, M.
- Osada, Y.
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- Miura, S.
- Ohta, Y.
- Hu, Y.
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| Abstract |
Seafloor Global Positioning System observations immediately after the great 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake provide unambiguous evidence for the dominant role of viscoelastic relaxation in short-term postseismic deformation, rather than just afterslip on the fault as is commonly assumed. |
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