Evidence for lithospheric detachment in the central Andes from local earthquake tomography

Tectonophysics

Volumn 415, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 203-223

  Schurr, Bernd ^a,c   Rietbrock, A ^b   Asch, G ^c   Kind, R ^c   Oncken, O ^c  

^a CTBTO   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Central Andes; Lithospheric detachment; Plateau building; Puna; Seismology; Tomography

Indexed keywords

DETACHMENT FAULT; EARTHQUAKE; LITHOSPHERE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

PUNA;

EID: 33644970762     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.12.007     Document Type: Article

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