Sea-level rise from land subsidence in major coastal cities

C Tay, EO Lindsey, ST Chin, JW McCaughey… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Coastal land can be lost at rapid rates due to relative sea-level rise (RSLR) resulting from
local land subsidence. However, the comparative severity of local land subsidence is …

A linear viscoelasticity for decadal to centennial time scale mantle deformation

ER Ivins, L Caron, S Adhikari, E Larour… - Reports on Progress …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The extended Burgers material (EBM) model provides a linear viscoelastic theory for
interpreting a variety of rock deformation phenomena in geophysics, playing an increasingly …

Heterogeneous rheology of Japan subduction zone revealed by postseismic deformation of the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake

S Dhar, J Muto, Y Ohta, T Iinuma - Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 2023 - Springer
The 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake produced the most well-recorded postseismic deformation
of any megathrust earthquake in the world. Over the last decade, researchers have used a …

Three-dimensional kinematics of the India–Eurasia collision

L Wang, S Barbot - Communications Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
The collision between India and Eurasia mobilizes multiple processes of continental
tectonics. However, how deformation develops within the lithosphere across the Tibetan …

Rapid mantle flow with power-law creep explains deformation after the 2011 Tohoku mega-quake

R Agata, SD Barbot, K Fujita, M Hyodo, T Iinuma… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The deformation transient following large subduction zone earthquakes is thought to
originate from the interaction of viscoelastic flow in the asthenospheric mantle and slip on …

Influence of the asthenosphere on earth dynamics and evolution

L Cathles, W Fjeldskar, A Lenardic, B Romanowicz… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The existence of a thin, weak asthenospheric layer beneath Earth's lithospheric plates is
consistent with existing geological and geophysical constraints, including Pleistocene glacio …

Bayesian Inversion for a Stress‐Driven Model of Afterslip and Viscoelastic Relaxation: Method and Application to Postseismic Deformation Following the 2011 MW …

J Fukuda, KM Johnson - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Postseismic deformation following great subduction earthquakes is commonly modeled as
the sum of the contributions from afterslip on the megathrust and viscoelastic relaxation of …

Illuminating subduction zone rheological properties in the wake of a giant earthquake

JR Weiss, Q Qiu, S Barbot, TJ Wright, JH Foster… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Deformation associated with plate convergence at subduction zones is accommodated by a
complex system involving fault slip and viscoelastic flow. These processes have proven …

On computing viscoelastic Love numbers for general planetary models: the ALMA3 code

D Melini, C Saliby, G Spada - Geophysical Journal International, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The computation of the Love numbers (LNs) for a spherically symmetric self-gravitating
viscoelastic Earth is a classical problem in global geodynamics. Here we revisit the problem …

Finding simplicity in the complexity of postseismic coastal uplift and subsidence following great subduction earthquakes

H Luo, K Wang - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Following great subduction earthquakes, postseismic deformation of coastal areas shows
consistent seaward motion but complex vertical deformation. Understanding both the …