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DOI	10.1029/2020JB019649
	Decadal Viscoelastic Postseismic Deformation of the 1964 Mw9.2 Alaska Earthquake
	Huang K.; Hu Y.; Freymueller J.T.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	21699313
卷号	125 期号:9
英文摘要	Viscoelastic postseismic deformation after the 1964 Mw9.2 Alaska earthquake extends thousands of kilometers from the rupture region and lasts for decades, providing unique opportunities to better understand the three-dimensional rheological properties of the Alaska subduction zone. We have optimized a three-dimensional viscoelastic finite element model to study processes that control the postseismic deformation of the 1964 event. The model includes an elastic continental plate and an elastic oceanic plate, a two-layered viscoelastic oceanic upper mantle, and a uniform viscoelastic mantle wedge. Stress-driven afterslip is simulated by a thin weak shear zone. The viscoelastic relaxation of the upper mantle and shear zone is represented by the bi-viscous Burgers rheology. The model has determined the viscosities of the mantle wedge and shear zone to be 3 × 1019 Pa s and 8 × 1016 Pa s, respectively. The afterslip takes place mostly within the first 5 years after the earthquake and is up to 4 m, equivalent to a modeled earthquake of Mw8.5. Model results reveal a spatial and temporal correlation between the afterslip distribution and later slow slip events. The model predicts that the surface deformation about 200 years after the earthquake will be controlled mostly by the relocking of the fault. Further tests on the impact of lateral variation in the mantle wedge viscosity indicate that the viscosity in the continental upper mantle thousands of kilometers from the rupture area may be about an order of magnitude higher than that of the mantle wedge in the subduction zone. ©2020. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.
英文关键词	finite element model; geodetic measurements; stress-driven afterslip; upper mantle rheology; viscoelastic earthquake cycle deformation
语种	英语
来源期刊	Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/187640
作者单位	Mengcheng National Geophysical Observatory, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Comparative Planetology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Huang K.,Hu Y.,Freymueller J.T.. Decadal Viscoelastic Postseismic Deformation of the 1964 Mw9.2 Alaska Earthquake[J],2020,125(9).
APA	Huang K.,Hu Y.,&Freymueller J.T..(2020).Decadal Viscoelastic Postseismic Deformation of the 1964 Mw9.2 Alaska Earthquake.Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth,125(9).
MLA	Huang K.,et al."Decadal Viscoelastic Postseismic Deformation of the 1964 Mw9.2 Alaska Earthquake".Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 125.9(2020).