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Prevalence of viscoelastic relaxation after the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake

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  • Tianhaozhe Sun

    (School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8P 5C2, Canada)

  • Kelin Wang

    (School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8P 5C2, Canada
    Pacific Geoscience Centre, Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, 9860 West Saanich Road, Sidney, British Columbia V8L 4B2, Canada)

  • Takeshi Iinuma

    (International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-0845, Japan)

  • Ryota Hino

    (International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-0845, Japan)

  • Jiangheng He

    (Pacific Geoscience Centre, Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada, 9860 West Saanich Road, Sidney, British Columbia V8L 4B2, Canada)

  • Hiromi Fujimoto

    (International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-0845, Japan)

  • Motoyuki Kido

    (International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-0845, Japan)

  • Yukihito Osada

    (International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-0845, Japan)

  • Satoshi Miura

    (Research Center for Prediction of Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan)

  • Yusaku Ohta

    (Research Center for Prediction of Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan)

  • Yan Hu

    (University of California, Berkeley, California, California 94720, USA)

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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  • Tianhaozhe Sun & Kelin Wang & Takeshi Iinuma & Ryota Hino & Jiangheng He & Hiromi Fujimoto & Motoyuki Kido & Yukihito Osada & Satoshi Miura & Yusaku Ohta & Yan Hu, 2014. "Prevalence of viscoelastic relaxation after the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake," Nature, Nature, vol. 514(7520), pages 84-87, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:514:y:2014:i:7520:d:10.1038_nature13778
    DOI: 10.1038/nature13778
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