Crustal thickness and mantle wedge structure from receiver functions in the Chilean Maule region at 35°S

Tectonophysics

Volumn 592, Issue , 2013, Pages 159-164

  Dannowski, Anke ^a   Grevemeyer, Ingo ^a   Kraft, Helene ^a   Arroyo, Ivonne ^a   Thorwart, Martin ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central Chile; Continental Moho; Crustal structure; Mantle wedge hydration; Receiver function

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL CHILE; CONTINENTAL MOHO; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MANTLE WEDGE HYDRATIONS; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS;

HYDRATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MOHO; P-WAVE; SEISMICITY; SLAB; SLIP; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

ANDES; CHILE; MAULE;

EID: 84875812809     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.02.015     Document Type: Article

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