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Asthenosphere rheology inferred from observations of the 2012 Indian Ocean earthquake

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  • Yan Hu

    (University of California Berkeley
    Mengcheng National Geophysical Observatory, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Roland Bürgmann

    (University of California Berkeley)

  • Paramesh Banerjee

    (Earth Observatory of Singapore, Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University)

  • Lujia Feng

    (Earth Observatory of Singapore, Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University)

  • Emma M. Hill

    (Earth Observatory of Singapore, Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University)

  • Takeo Ito

    (Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University)

  • Takao Tabei

    (Kochi University, Akebono-cho 2-5-1)

  • Kelin Wang

    (Pacific Geoscience Centre, Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada)

Abstract

Analysis of the postseismic deformation of the moment magnitude 8.6 Indian Ocean earthquake in 2012 reveals that the asthenospheric layer must be thin and of low viscosity, constraining the structure of oceanic upper-mantle rheology.

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  • Yan Hu & Roland Bürgmann & Paramesh Banerjee & Lujia Feng & Emma M. Hill & Takeo Ito & Takao Tabei & Kelin Wang, 2016. "Asthenosphere rheology inferred from observations of the 2012 Indian Ocean earthquake," Nature, Nature, vol. 538(7625), pages 368-372, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:538:y:2016:i:7625:d:10.1038_nature19787
    DOI: 10.1038/nature19787
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