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Afterslip no longer an afterthought

Charles DeMets
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Charles DeMets: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Nature, 1997, vol. 386, issue 6625, 549-549

Abstract: Measuring the imperceptible motion of tectonic plates has become possible with sub-centimetre positioning from satellite data. Such measurements show that postseismic creep can release as much energy as violent earthquakes.

Date: 1997
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