Postseismic deformation following the 1991 Racha, Georgia earthquake
dc.contributor.author | Podgorski, J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Hearn, E. | |
dc.contributor.author | McClusky, Simon | |
dc.contributor.author | Reilinger, Robert | |
dc.contributor.author | Taymaz, Tuncay | |
dc.contributor.author | Tan, O. | |
dc.contributor.author | Prilepin, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Guseva, T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Nadariya, M. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-08T22:41:51Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
dc.date.updated | 2015-12-08T10:31:06Z | |
dc.description.abstract | The 1991, Ms = 7.0 Racha earthquake is the largest ever recorded in the Caucasus Mountains. Approximately three months after this thrust-faulting earthquake, a GPS network was set up to measure postseismic surface deformation. We present an analysis of these data, which indicate accelerated postseismic motions at several nearfield sites. We model this deformation as either afterslip on the rupture surface or viscoelastic relaxation of the lower crust. We find that the postseismic motions are best explained by shallow afterslip on the earthquake rupture plane. The minimum postseismic moment release is estimated at 6.0 × 1018 N m, which is over 200 times the moment released by aftershocks in this same period and about 20% of the coseismic moment. We also show that the effective viscosity of the lower crust in the western Greater Caucasus region exceeds 1018 Pa s. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0094-8276 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/36829 | |
dc.publisher | American Geophysical Union | |
dc.source | Geophysical Research Letters | |
dc.subject | Keywords: Deformation; Global positioning system; Seismology; Tectonics; Viscoelasticity; Viscosity; Coseismic moment; Earthquake rupture; Viscoelastic relaxation; Earthquakes; acceleration; aftershock; deformation; earthquake rupture; GPS; lower crust; postseismic | |
dc.title | Postseismic deformation following the 1991 Racha, Georgia earthquake | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | L04310 | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Podgorski, J., University of British Columbia | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Hearn, E., University of British Coumbia | |
local.contributor.affiliation | McClusky, Simon, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Reilinger, Robert, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Taymaz, Tuncay, Istanbul Technical University | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Tan, O., Istanbul Technical University | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Prilepin, M., United Institute of Physics of the Earth | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Guseva, T., United Institute of Physics of the Earth | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Nadariya, M., Joint Stock Company Airgeodetic | |
local.contributor.authoremail | u4927416@anu.edu.au | |
local.contributor.authoruid | McClusky, Simon, u4927416 | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.absfor | 040407 - Seismology and Seismic Exploration | |
local.identifier.absseo | 970104 - Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u4278572xPUB141 | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 34 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1029/2006GL028477 | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-34547984490 | |
local.identifier.uidSubmittedBy | u4278572 | |
local.type.status | Published Version |
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