Tarapacá intermediate-depth earthquake (Mw 7.7, 2005, northern Chile): A slab-pull event with horizontal fault plane constrained from seismologic and geodetic observations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 22, 2006, Pages

  Peyrat, S ^a   Campos, Jaime ^b   de Chabalier, J B ^a   Perez, A ^b   Bonvalot, S ^b,c   Bouin, M P ^a   Legrand, D ^b   Nercessian, A ^a   Charade, O ^a   Patau, G ^a   Clevedae E ^a   Kausel, E ^b   Bernard, P ^a   Vilotte, J P ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODESY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LITHOLOGY; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMOLOGY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TECTONICS;

INTERMEDIATE-DEPTH EARTHQUAKE; LITHOSPHERE; LITHOSPHERIC FAULT;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; DIP; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT PLANE; GPS; SEISMIC ZONE; STRONG MOTION; SUBDUCTION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA; TARAPACA;

EID: 34548552646     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027710     Document Type: Article

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