Permanent deformation caused by subduction earthquakes in northern Chile

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 492-496

  Baker, A ^a   Allmendinger, R W ^a   Owen, L A ^b   Rech, J A ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC PROCESS; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; CRACK; DATA SET; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GEODETIC DATUM; GPS; PLATE BOUNDARY; SUBDUCTION; VISCOELASTICITY;

ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE;

EID: 84878733150     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1789     Document Type: Article

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