Abrupt change in the dip of the subducting plate beneath north Chile

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 342-345

  Contreras Reyes, E ^a   Jara, J ^a,b   Grevemeyer, I ^c   Ruiz, S ^a   Carrizo, D ^a,b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; DIP; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; NAZCA PLATE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMOLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRENCH; TSUNAMI;

ANTOFAGASTA; CHILE; TOCOPILLA;

EID: 84860434167     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1447     Document Type: Article

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