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Table 1. Viscosity parametersa.

From: Numerical simulation of crustal deformation using a three-dimensional viscoelastic crustal structure model for the Japanese islands under east-west compression

Item

log A (MPa−n/s)

n

r

Q (kJ/mol)

V (cm3/mol)

UC

−4.9

2.97

1.0

242.

0

LC

0.2

3.0

1.0

345.

38.

UM

3.2

3.5

1.2

520.

22.

  1. Footnote: aThe parameters for the upper crust (UC), lower crust (LC), and upper mantle (UM) correspond to those for quartz, anorthite, and olivine from Rutter and Brodie (2004), Rybacki et al. (2006), and Hirth and Kohlstedt (2003), respectively.
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