Seismic reflection image revealing offset of Andean subduction-zone earthquake

Nature

Volumn 397, Issue 6717, 1999, Pages 341-344

  Oncken, Onno ^a   Lüschen, Ewald ^a   Mechie, James ^a   Sobolev, Stephan ^a   Schulze, Albrecht ^a   Gaedicke, Cristoph ^a   Grunewald, Steffen ^a   Bribach, Jens ^a   Asch, Günter ^a   Giese, Peter ^b   Wigger, Peter ^b   Schmitz, Michael ^b   Lueth, Stefan ^b   Scheuber, Ekkehard ^b   Haberland, Christian ^b   Rietbrock, Andreas ^b   Götze, Hans Jürgen ^b   Brasse, Heinrich ^b   Patzwahl, Regina ^b   Chong, Guillermo ^c   Wilke, Hans Gerhard ^c   Gonzalez, Gabriel ^c   Jensen, Arturo ^c   Araneda, Manuel ^d   Vieytes, Hugo ^e   Behn, Gerardo ^f   Martinez, Eloy ^g   Rössling, Reinhard ^h   Amador, José ^h   Ricaldi, Edgar ⁱ   Chumacero, Hernán ^j   Luterstein, Raúl ^k   more..

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^e ENAP Empresa Natl Del Petroleo   (Chile)

^f División Codelco Norte   (Chile)

^g ANDINA SAM ^*  (Bolivia)

^h SERGEOMIN   (Bolivia)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^j Universidad Autónoma Tomás Frías   (Bolivia)

^k DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Argentina)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EARTHQUAKE; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OCEANIC REGIONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUTH AMERICA; VOLCANO;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033611534     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/16909     Document Type: Review

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