Revealing the deep structure and rupture plane of the 2010 Maule, Chile earthquake (Mw=8.8) using wide angle seismic data

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 307, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 147-155

  Moscoso, Eduardo ^a   Grevemeyer, Ingo ^a   Contreras Reyes, Eduardo ^b   Flueh, Ernst R ^a   Dzierma, Yvonne ^c   Rabbel, Wolfgang ^c   Thorwart, Martin ^c  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

2010 Maule earthquake; Accretionary prism; Backstop; Subduction zone

Indexed keywords

2010 MAULE EARTHQUAKE; ACCRETIONARY PRISM; BACKSTOP; DEEP STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION FRONT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; HORIZONTAL VELOCITY; LITHOLOGICAL CHANGES; MATERIAL LOSS; OCEANIC CRUST; PLATE BOUNDARIES; PLATE BOUNDARY OFFSHORE; RUPTURE AREAS; RUPTURE PLANE; SEISMIC DATAS; SEISMIC PROFILES; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMOGENIC ZONES; SHELF BREAK; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBDUCTION ZONES; VELOCITY MODEL; WEDGE-SHAPED BODIES; WIDE ANGLE; WIDE-ANGLE REFLECTION;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; LITHOLOGY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PRISMS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; TECTONICS; VELOCITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; AFTERSHOCK; CHILE EARTHQUAKE 2010; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; NAZCA PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 79957956570     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.04.025     Document Type: Article

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