Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004geoji.159.1112s&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Journal International, Volume 159, Issue 3, pp. 1112-1124.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Afterslip, Chi-Chi Earthquake, Crustal Evolution, Post-Seismic Deformation, Viscoelastic Response, Viscosity
Scientific paper
Observed coseismic data as well as 97 days of post-seismic GPS data for the Chi-Chi earthquake are used as constraints in the modelling of crustal evolution using the 3-D finite-element method. First, the coseismic GPS data are used to justify the use of the elastic earth model and the source rupture model. Subsequently, the most likely rheological model is determined by analysing several modelled time-dependent displacements for various viscosity structures. The range of viscosities of the lower crust in central Taiwan is determined in advance from laboratory measurements and the long-term strain rate. The estimated viscosity of 5.0 × 1017 Pa s seems to be very low and a relaxation time of 116 days seems very short, but the latter approximates the GPS measurement of 86 days. Since earlier studies have indicated that both the viscoelastic response model and the afterslip model may affect post-seismic deformation, we compare theoretical surface displacements for each of the two models that we evaluate. The results reveal that there is little doubt that while neither of these models alone is able to predict the GPS measurements well in a 97-day period, the combination of the two models improves the predictions considerably. We conclude that the afterslip mainly dominated Chi-Chi post-seismic deformation in the rupture area while the viscoelastic model did so elsewhere.
Sheu Shyh-Yang
Shieh Chiou-Fen
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