Seismic structure and tectonics of the southern Arauco Basin, south-central Chile (~38°S)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 592, Issue , 2013, Pages 53-66

  Becerra, Juan ^a   Contreras Reyes, Eduardo ^b   Arriagada, César ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^b Universidad de Chile Centro de Excelencia en Geotermia de los Andes   (Chile)

Author keywords

Andean constructional phases; Arauco Basin; Kinematic evolution; Miocene deformation; Tectonic inversion

Indexed keywords

ANDEAN CONSTRUCTIONAL PHASES; ARAUCO BASIN; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; INVERSION STRUCTURES; KINEMATIC EVOLUTION; MIOCENE; QUATERNARY SEQUENCE; SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA;

DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; SEDIMENTATION;

TECTONICS;

ACCRETION; BASIN ANALYSIS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEFORMATION; EXHUMATION; EXTENSION; FOREARC BASIN; FRACTURE ZONE; KINEMATICS; MIOCENE; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; UNCONFORMITY;

ANDES; ARAUCO; BIO BIO; CHILE;

EID: 84875804301     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.02.012     Document Type: Article

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