Early postseismic displacements from the 2005 Kashmir earthquake

A discontinuous time series of surface displacements measured with GPS following the 8 October 2005 Kashmir earthquake provides lower bounds on the effective viscosity of the lithosphere in the Pakistan Himalaya. The surface displacement field also provides limited additional information about slip geometry and distribution during the main rupture and during aftershocks and afterslip events, although these are nonunique. Finally, regional campaign and continuous GPS observations are used to estimate the total regional strain available to drive ruptures in the westernmost Himalaya.