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GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
Volume 198, Issue 1, Pages 259-269Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggu127
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Transient deformation; Dynamics and mechanics of faulting; Mechanics, theory, and modelling; Rheology: crust and lithosphere
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- NSF [EAR-1045372]
- Division Of Earth Sciences
- Directorate For Geosciences [1045372] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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We explore the impact of deep ductile shear zones on post-seismic deformation following a finite length strike-slip earthquake. We show that the pattern of post-seismic vertical surface deformation surrounding the fault is a discriminant for the existence of high viscosities immediately below the seismogenic layer, regardless of whether the model contains purely distributed creep or also includes a component of localized creep at subseismogenic depths. Post-seismic deformation characterized by initially fast relaxation followed by a slower relaxation is predicted by models that include both localized creep in a subseismogenic shear zone and distributed creep in the surrounding region, even if they only contain steady Maxwell viscoelasticity. This post-seismic deformation is similar to that in models that approximate the ductile lithosphere and/or asthenosphere with Burgers viscoelasticity. We find that the post-seismic deformation following the 1997 M-w 7.6 Manyi, China, earthquake, is consistent with a post-seismic model composed of a lower Maxwell viscoelastic region with viscosity 10(19) Pa s and a 5 km wide, Maxwell viscoelastic shear zone with viscosity 10(18) Pa s beneath the fault.
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