Postseismic Velocity Predictions from Suito and Freymueller (2009)
This page provides access to postseismic deformation model predictions for the 1964 earthquake. The model includes afterslip and viscoelastic relaxation (including the viscoelastic response to the afterslip), for the best-fit model derived by Suito and Freymueller (2009). That model includes a realistic slab geometry and a uniform asthenospheric relaxation time of 20 years. The full reference for the paper and the model is given below:
Suito, H., and J. T. Freymueller, A viscoelastic and afterslip postseismic deformation model for the 1964 Alaska earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/ 2008JB005954, 2009.
The model predictions are available in three different formats:
- A text file, Suito_vel.enu.txt with east, north and vertical model predictions evaluated on a 0.25 degree grid covering all of Alaska.
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A set of three netcdf grid files for use with GMT, for the east, north and vertical
components. Interpolated values for any location can be generated easily with the
GMT grdtrack program.
- East component: Suito_east.grd.
- North component: Suito_north.grd.
- Vertical component: Suito_vert.grd.
- A MATLAB .mat file, visco_1964_SF2009.mat containing a structure with model velocity predictions at GPS sites in Alaska and the surrounding area.
Units for all of these files are mm/yr.