The Liquiñe Ofqui fault zone: A long-lived intra-arc fault system in southern Chile

Tectonophysics

Volumn 259, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 55-66

  Cembrano, José ^a   Hervé, Francisco ^a   Lavenu, Alain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b ORSTOM   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; CAINOZOIC; DEFORMATION; FAULT; KINEMATICS; SHEAR;

CHILE, ANDES, LIQUINE OFQUI FAULT ZONE;

EID: 0030479280     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(95)00066-6     Document Type: Article

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