Active tectonics of the South Chilean marine fore arc (35S-40S)

Tectonics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Geersen, Jacob ^a   Behrmann, Jan H ^a   Völker, David ^a   Krastel, Sebastian ^a   Ranero, César R ^b   Diaz Naveas, Juan ^c   Weinrebe, Wilhelm ^a  

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

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS;

ACOUSTIC DATA; ACTIVE TECTONICS; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CUT-THROUGH; GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE; KINEMATIC INTERACTION; NORMAL FAULTS; PLATE MOTIONS; SEA FLOOR; TECTONIC GEOMORPHOLOGY; UPPER PLATE;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

ACCRETION; BATHYMETRY; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; NAZCA PLATE; NORMAL FAULT; PLATE CONVERGENCE; PLATE MOTION; SEAFLOOR; TECTONIC SETTING; TRANSPRESSION; UPLIFT;

CHILE;

EID: 79958808106     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010TC002777     Document Type: Article

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