Mantle subducting slab structure in the region of the 2010 M8.8 Maule earthquake (30-40°S), Chile

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 317-324

  Pesicek, J D ^a   Engdahl, E R ^b   Thurber, C H ^a   Deshon, H R ^c   Lange, D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Seismic tomography; Seismicity and tectonics; Subduction zone processes

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SCALE; DEPTH PHASE; FLAT SLABS; FRACTURE ZONE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTING SLABS; SUBDUCTION ZONES; SURROUNDING REGIONS; TELESEISMIC; TELESEISMIC EARTHQUAKES; TOMOGRAPHIC;

EARTHQUAKES; TECTONICS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

AFTERSHOCK; CHILE EARTHQUAKE 2010; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FRACTURE ZONE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMICITY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

EID: 84866364352     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05624.x     Document Type: Article

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