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Tectonic Relaxation

Tectonic Relaxation is a geophysical process in planetary tectonics denoting the time-dependent adjustment of a planetary lithosphere to stress perturbations through the gradual dissipation of strain energy via viscous or viscoelastic flow.

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2017–2026

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Toward understanding tectonic control on the Mw 8.8 2010 Maule Chile earthquake

Marcos Moreno, Daniel Melnick, Matthias Rosenau et al. · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2012 · 251 citations · Full text

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Post-seismic relaxation following the great 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake on a compressible self-gravitating Earth

Fred F. Pollitz, Roland Bürgmann, Paramesh Banerjee · Geophysical Journal International · 2006 · 220 citations · Full text

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Climatic and tectonic control on the Cenozoic evolution of the West African margin

L. L. Lavier, M. S. Steckler, Frédéric Brigaud · Marine Geology · 2001 · 183 citations

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Volcanological and tectonic control of stratigraphy and structure in the western Deccan traps

Colin W. Devey, Peter C. Lightfoot · Bulletin of Volcanology · 1986 · 182 citations

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Mesozoic and Cenozoic igneous activity and its tectonic control in northeastern Brazil

Ana Maria Pimentel Mizusaki, ANTONIO THOMAZ-FILHO, E. J. Milani et al. · Journal of South American Earth Sciences · 2002 · 176 citations

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Authors

431

  1. JC
    Juan Carlos Báez

    University of Chile, Chile

    3 publications · 360 citations

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  2. OO
    Onno Oncken

    GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany

    3 publications · 355 citations

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  3. MM
    Marcos Moreno

    GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany

    3 publications · 355 citations

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  4. JB
    Jonathan Bedford

    GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany

    2 publications · 104 citations

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  5. BR
    Bruce R. Julian

    United States Geological Survey, United States

    2 publications · 204 citations

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Institutions

231

  1. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    761 citations

  2. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

    Sparkill, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    660 citations

  3. GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

    Kiel, Germany

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    353 citations

  4. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

    Rome, Italy

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    306 citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    18 publications

    764 citations

  6. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    370 citations

  7. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    660 citations

  8. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    413 citations

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  1. Earth and Planetary Science Letters

    8 publications · 683 citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 7 publications · 498 citations

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  3. Tectonophysics

    7 publications · 332 citations

    7

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  4. Geomorphology

    4 publications · 153 citations

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  5. Marine Geology

    4 publications · 382 citations

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