Seismicity and stress distribution in the Copiapo, northern Chile subduction zone using combined on- and off-shore seismic observations

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 132, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 197-217

  Comte, Diana ^a   Haessler, Henri ^b   Dorbath, Louis ^b,c   Pardo, Mario ^a   Monfret, Tony ^c   Lavenu, Alain ^c   Pontoise, Bernard ^c   Hello, Yann ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Northern Chile; Seamounts; Seismicity; Stress; Subduction

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FOCAL MECHANISM; NAZCA PLATE; SEAMOUNT; SEISMICITY; STRESS; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

CHILE;

EID: 0037201189     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(02)00052-3     Document Type: Article

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