Outer rise stress changes related to the subduction of the Juan Fernandez Ridge, central Chile

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Clouard, V ^a,b   Campos, J ^a,b   Lemoine, A ^a,c   Perez, A ^a,b   Kausel, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Unlversidad de Chile   (Chile)

^c BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; LITHOSPHERE; RUPTURE; SEISMICITY; STRESS; SUBDUCTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

CHILE; JUAN FERNANDEZ RIDGE; NAZCA TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA; VALPARAISO [CHILE];

EID: 65349167803     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003999     Document Type: Article

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