Transient rheology of the Sumatran mantle wedge revealed by a decade of great earthquakes

The rheology of the upper mantle is key to understanding how plate tectonics may evolve. Here, using GPS and tide-gauge measurements along the Sumatran subduction zone, the authors’ show that a bi-viscous rheology model is needed to explain the stress and strain evolution of the upper mantle followi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Qiang Qiu, James D. P. Moore, Sylvain Barbot, Lujia Feng, Emma M. Hill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03298-6

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