Source model of the 2007 Mw 8.0 Pisco, Peru earthquake: Implications for seismogenic behavior of subduction megathrusts

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Sladen, A ^b   Tavera, H ^f   Simons, M ^b   Avouac, J P ^b   Konca, A O ^b   Perfettini, H ^e   Audin, L ^a   Fielding, E J ^d   Ortega, F ^d   Cavagnoud, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UMIFRE 17 CNRS MAEDI USR3337 Amérique Latine Projet de Recherche Tambo Colorado   (Peru)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^f INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERITY; BODY WAVE; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; RUPTURE; SLIP; SUBDUCTION; SUBSIDENCE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TELESEISMIC WAVE; THRUST; TSUNAMI; UPLIFT;

ICA; PARACAS PENINSULA; PERU; PISCO;

EID: 76849086247     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006429     Document Type: Article

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