In 1972, Keiiti Aki, a professor of Geophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, introduced elastic dislocation theory to improve understanding of the earthquake mechanism.
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At 85�E, a slip rate of 11 ?5 mm / yr was measured on the basis of elastic dislocation modeling of interferometric synthetic aperture radar ( InSAR ) measurements.
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Slip rates determined from elastic dislocation modeling of measurements from campaign-style GPS surveys at 90?E are 9 ?5 mm / yr, 9 ?4 mm / yr, and 11 ?3 mm / yr.