Permanent fore-arc extension and seismic segmentation: Insights from the 2010 Maule earthquake, Chile

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 724-739

  Aron, Felipe ^a   Allmendinger, Richard W ^a   Cembrano, José ^b,d   González, Gabriel ^c,d   Yáñez, Gonzalo ^b  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^d Instituto de Geografia   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; CHILE EARTHQUAKE 2010; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FOREARC BASIN; GPS; NORMAL FAULT; NUCLEATION; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRAIN ANALYSIS; STRESS ANALYSIS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UPPER CRUST;

CHILE; COASTAL CORDILLERA; MAULE;

EID: 84878712051     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009339     Document Type: Article

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