The Andean subduction zone between 22 and 25°S (northern Chile): Precise geometry and state of stress

Tectonophysics

Volumn 259, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 81-100

  Delouis, Bertrand ^a   Cisternas, Armando ^a   Dorbath, Louis ^a,c   Rivera, Luis ^a   Kausel, Edgar ^b  

^a UMR 7063   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; SEISMICITY; STRESS FIELD; STRUCTURAL GEOMETRY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

CHILE, ANDES;

EID: 0030482665     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(95)00065-8     Document Type: Article

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