Crustal motion in the zone of the 1960 Chile earthquake: Detangling earthquake-cycle deformation and forearc-sliver translation

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Wang, Kelin ^a   Hu, Yan ^b   Bevis, Michael ^c   Kendrick, Eric ^c   Robert Jr , Smalley ^d   Vargas, Rodrigo Barriga ^e   Lauría, Eduardo ^f  

^a Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^e Santiago Centro   (Chile)

^f Inst Geografico Militar de Argentina   (Argentina)

Author keywords

1960 Chile earthquake; Finite element modeling; Forearc deformation; GPS; Interseismic deformation; Viscoelastic stress relaxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249126863     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001721     Document Type: Article

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