Interseismic strain accumulation measured by GPS in the seismic gap between Constitución and Concepción in Chile

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 78-85

  Ruegg, J C ^a   Rudloff, A ^b   Vigny, C ^b   Madariaga, R ^b   de Chabalier, J B ^a   Campos, J ^c   Kausel, E ^c   Barrientos, S ^c   Dimitrov, D ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Coupling; GPS; Seismic gap; Subduction; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

COUPLINGS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LOCKS (FASTENERS); TECTONICS; VELOCITY;

HORIZONTAL VELOCITY; SEISMIC GAPS; STRAIN ACCUMULATIONS; SUBDUCTION; SUBDUCTION EARTHQUAKES; SUBDUCTION INTERFACE; SURFACE DEFORMATION; WORST CASE SCENARIO;

EARTHQUAKES;

DISLOCATION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GPS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION; TECTONICS;

ARGENTINA; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 67349161549     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.02.015     Document Type: Article

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