Darwin seismic gap closed by the 2010 Maule earthquake;Laguna sísmica de Darwin cerrada por el terremoto del Maule 2010

Andean Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 558-563

  Melnick, Daniel ^a   Moreno, Marcos ^b   Cisternas, Marco ^c   Tassara, Andrés ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Coseismic slip distribution; Maule earthquake; Seismic gap; Slip deficit

Indexed keywords

CHILE EARTHQUAKE 2010; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DISPLACEMENT; GPS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SLIP;

EID: 84869830256     PISSN: 07187092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5027/andgeoV39n3-a11     Document Type: Article

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