Active faulting and heterogeneous deformation across a megathrust segment boundary from GPS data, south central Chile (36-39°S)

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Moreno, M S ^a   Klotz, J ^a   Melnick, D ^b   Echtler, H ^a,b   Bataille, K ^c  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

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EID: 63049086447     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC002198     Document Type: Article

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