Intraplate and interplate earthquakes in Chilean subduction zone: A theoretical and observational comparison

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 37-46

  Leyton, Felipe ^a   Ruiz, Javier ^b   Campos, Jaime ^a   Kausel, Edgar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

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

Author keywords

Interplate and intraplate earthquakes; Source parameters; Synthetic waveforms

Indexed keywords

APPARENT STRESS; CORNER FREQUENCIES; DIRECTIVITY; FAULT PLANES; INTER-PLATE EARTHQUAKES; INTERMEDIATE DEPTHS; INTERPLATE AND INTRAPLATE EARTHQUAKES; RUPTURE VELOCITIES; SEISMIC ENERGY RELEASE; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SEISMIC MOMENTS; SOURCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOURCE PARAMETERS; STATIC STRESS; SUBDUCTING SLABS; SUBDUCTION ZONES; SYNTHETIC WAVEFORMS;

DROPS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT PLANE; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEISMIC HAZARD; SOURCE PARAMETERS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CHILE; ICA; NAZCA; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 67349196437     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.03.017     Document Type: Article

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