Rupture distribution of the 1977 western Argentina earthquake

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 121-132

  Langer, C J ^a   Hartzell, Stephen ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESHOCK; MAINSHOCK; RUPTURE DISTRIBUTION; TRIGGER MECHANISM; WESTERN ARGENTINA EARTHQUAKE 1977;

EID: 0029731580     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9201(95)03080-8     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Allmendinger, R.W., Ramos, V.A., Jordan, T.E., Palma, M. and Isacks, B.L., 1983. Paleogeography and Andean structural geometry, northwest Argentina. Tectonics, 2: 1-16.
2. Baldis, B.A. and Febrer, J., 1983. Geodynamics of the Andean arc and related regions. In: Ramon Cabre, S.J. (Ed.) Geodynamics of the Eastern Pacific Region, Caribbean and Scotia Arcs. American Geophysical Union and Geological Society of America, Geodynamics Series, 9: 127-135.
3. Barker, J.A., 1994. Moment tensor inversion of complex earthquakes. Seismol. Res. Lett., 65: 27.
4. Bastias, H.E. and Weidmann, N., 1983. Mapa de fallamiento moderno de la provincia de San Juan, 1 : 500 000. Instituto Nacional de Prevencion Sismica (INPRES), Republica Argentina, San Juan, 2 sheets.
5. Chinn, D.S. and Isacks, B.L., 1983. Accurate source depths and focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in western South American and the New Hebrides Island arc. Tectonics, 2: 529-563.
6. Fielding, E.J. and Jordan, T.E., 1988. Active deformation at the boundary between the Precordillera and Sierras Pampeanas, Argentina, and comparison with ancient Rocky Mountain deformation. In: C.J. Schmidt (Ed.) Interaction of the Rocky Mountain Foreland and Cordilleran Thrust Belt. Geol. Soc. Am. Mem., 171: 143-163.
7. Hartzell, S. and Heaton, T., 1983. Inversion of strong ground motion teleseismic waveform data for the fault rupture history of the 1979 Imperial Valley, California, earthquake. Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 73: 1553-1583.
8. W 8.0 Peru earthquake. J. Geophys. Res., 98: 22123-22134.
9. Helmberger, D.V. and Harkrider, D., 1978. Modeling earthquakes with generalized ray theory. In: J. Miklowitz and Modern Problems in Elastic Wave Propagation. J.D. Achenbach (Eds.), John Wiley, New York, pp. 499-518.
10. INPRES, 1977. El terremoto de San Juan del 23 de Noviembre de 1977, informe preliminar. Instituto Nacional de Prevencion Sismica, Republica Argentina, San Juan, 103 pp.
11. Jordan, T.E. and Allmendinger, R.W., 1986. The Sierras Pampeanas of Argentina: a modern analogue of Rocky Mountain foreland deformation. Am. J. Sci., 276: 737-764.
12. Jordan, T.E., Isacks, B.L., Allmendinger, R.W., Brewer, J.A., Ramos, V.A. and Ando, C.J., 1983. Andean tectonics related to geometry of subducted Nazca plate. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 94: 341-361.
13. Kadinsky-Cade, K., 1985. Seismotectonics of the Chile margin and the 1977 Caucete earthquake of western Argentina. Ph. D, Thesis, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, 253 pp.
14. Kadinsky-Cade, K., Reilinger, R. and Isacks, B.L., 1985. Surface deformation associated with the November 23, 1977, Caucete, Argentina earthquake sequence. J. Geophys. Res., 90: 12691-12700.
15. Langer, C.J. and Bollinger, G.A., 1988. Aftershocks of the western Argentina (Caucete) earthquake of 23 November 1977: some tectonic implications. Tectonophysics, 148: 131-146.
16. Lawson, C. and Hanson, R., 1974. Solving Least Squares Problems. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
17. Sieh, K., Jones, L., Hauksson, E., Hudnut, K., Eberhart-Phillips, D., Heaton, T., Hough, S., Hutton, K., Kanamori, H., Lije, A., Lindvall, S., McGill, S.F., Mori, J., Rubin, C., Spotila, J.A., Stock, J., Hong Kie Thio, Treiman, J., Wernicke, B. and Zachariasen, J., 1993. Near-field investigations of the Landers earthquake sequence, April to July 1992. Science, 260: 171-176.
18. Volponi, F.S., 1979. Report of the Argentina-United States binational symposium about the Caucete earthquake of November 23rd, 1977. Instituto Sismologico Zonda, Universidad Nacional de San Juan, San Juan, 44 pp.
19. Whitney, R.A., 1991. Faulting and tectonics in the foreland basin fold/thrust belt of the San Juan province, Argentina, and a comparison to the Yakima fold/thrust belt of the northwestern United States. Ph.D. Dissertation, Univ. of Nevada, Reno.
20. Zamarbide, J.L. and Castano, J.C., 1993. Analysis of the January 26th, 1985, Mendoza (Argentina) earthquake effects and of their possible correlation with the recorded accelerograms and soil conditions. Tectonophysics, 218: 221-235.