Local earthquake tomography of the Andes at 20°S: Implications for the structure and building of the mountain range

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 3-19

  Masson, Frédéric ^a   Dorbath, Catherine ^b,c   Martinez, Claude ^a,c   Carlier, Gabriel ^c  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UMR 7063   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDEAN OROGENY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENY; SEISMICITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033915476     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-9811(00)00009-2     Document Type: Article

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