A narrowly spaced double-seismic zone in the subducting Nazca plate

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Rietbrock, A ^a   Waldhauser, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; EARTHQUAKES; EMBRITTLEMENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEISMOLOGY;

DOUBLE-SEISMIC ZONES; HIGH-PRECISION RELOCATIONS;

GEOPHYSICS;

BENIOFF ZONE; EARTHQUAKE; FLUID PRESSURE; FOCAL MECHANISM; NAZCA PLATE; OCEANIC CRUST; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE;

ANDES; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 4143081393     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019610     Document Type: Article

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