Seismicity patterns along the ecuadorian subduction zone: New constraints from earthquake location in a 3-D a priori velocity model

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 263-286

  Font, Yvonne ^a   Segovia, Monica ^b   Vaca, Sandro ^b   Theunissen, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA NACIONAL   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Computational seismology; Seismic cycle; Seismicity and tectonics; South America; Subduction zone processes

Indexed keywords

LOCATION; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEISMIC WAVES; VELOCITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

COMPUTATIONAL SEISMOLOGIES; SEISMIC CYCLE; SEISMICITY AND TECTONICS; SOUTH AMERICA; SUBDUCTION ZONE PROCESS;

EARTHQUAKES;

BOUGUER ANOMALY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; P-WAVE; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; SEISMOLOGY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UPPER MANTLE; WAVE VELOCITY;

MANTA;

EID: 84875432532     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggs083     Document Type: Article

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