Segmentation of megathrust rupture zones from fore-arc deformation patterns over hundreds to millions of years, Arauco peninsula, Chile

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Melnick, Daniel ^a   Bookhagen, Bodo ^b,c   Strecker, Manfred R ^a   Echtler, Helmut P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EXHUMATION; FOREARC BASIN; HISTORICAL RECORD; MICROPLATE; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TERRACE; UPLIFT;

ARAUCO PENINSULA; BIO BIO; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 63049095454     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005788     Document Type: Article

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