Tectonic record of strain buildup and abrupt coseismic stress release across the northwestern Peru coastal plain, shelf, and continental slope during the past 200 kyr

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Bourgois, Jacques ^a   Bigot Cormier, Florence ^a   Bourles, Didier ^b   Braucher, Régis ^b   Dauteuil, Olivier ^c   Witt, César ^d   Michaud, François ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LANDFORM; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL PLAIN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; COSEISMIC PROCESS; FOREARC BASIN; GLACIOEUSTACY; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34250690334     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004491     Document Type: Article

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