Seismic velocity structure of the slab and continental plate in the region of the 1960 Valdivia (Chile) slip maximum - Insights into fluid release and plate coupling

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 331-332, Issue , 2012, Pages 164-176

  Dzierma, Yvonne ^a   Rabbel, Wolfgang ^a   Thorwart, Martin ^a   Koulakov, Ivan ^b   Wehrmann, Heidi ^c   Hoernle, Kaj ^c   Comte, Diana ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b TROFIMUK INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Local earthquake tomography; Plate coupling; Seismology; South central Chile; Subduction zones; Valdivia Fracture Zone

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE VOLCANOES; CO-SEISMIC DISPLACEMENT; COASTAL REGIONS; FLUID FLUXES; FOREARC; FRACTURE ZONE; HIGH VELOCITY; LOW-VELOCITY ANOMALY; PEAK VALUES; SEISMIC NETWORKS; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH-CENTRAL CHILE; SUBDUCTION ZONES; VOLCANIC ARC;

COASTAL ZONES; EARTHQUAKES; HYDRATION; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

COSEISMIC PROCESS; DISPLACEMENT; FRACTURE ZONE; ISLAND ARC; MANTLE STRUCTURE; PLATE MOTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

CHILE; LOS RIOS [CHILE]; VALDIVIA;

EID: 84860610036     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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