Seismogenic zone high permeability in the Central Andes inferred from relocations of micro-earthquakes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 263, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 235-245

  Nippress, S E J ^a   Rietbrock, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

continental crust permeability; fluid flow; intermediate depth earthquake; northern Chile; seismogenic zone; subduction zone

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST PERMEABILITY; INTERMEDIATE-DEPTH EARTHQUAKE; SEISMOGENIC ZONE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

CHILE; EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC WAVES; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TECTONICS; TOPOGRAPHY;

SEISMOLOGY;

AFTERSHOCK; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DIP-SLIP FAULT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; FLUID FLOW; MICROEARTHQUAKE; NAZCA PLATE; PERMEABILITY; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION;

ANDES; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 35648951785     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.08.032     Document Type: Article

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