Orogenic-wedge deformation and potential for great earthquakes in the central Andean backarc

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 380-383

  Brooks, Benjamin A ^a   Bevis, Michael ^b   Whipple, Kelin ^c   Ramon Arrowsmith, J ^c   Foster, James ^a   Zapata, Tomas ^d   Kendrick, Eric ^b   Minaya, Estella ^e   Echalar, Arturo ^f   Blanco, Mauro ^g   Euillades, Pablo ^g   Sandoval, Mario ^f   Smalley, Robert J ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Repsol USA   (United States)

^e Observatorio San Calixto   (Bolivia)

^f Instituto Geografico Militar   (Bolivia)

^g UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EROSION; FAULT SCARP; FAULT ZONE; GPS; NAZCA PLATE; OROGENY; SUBDUCTION;

ANDES;

EID: 79957804448     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1143     Document Type: Article

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