High-resolution relocation and mechanism of aftershocks of the 2007 Tocopilla (Chile) earthquake

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1216-1228

  Fuenzalida, A ^a   Schurr, B ^b   Lancieri, M ^c   Sobiesiak, M ^d   Madariaga, R ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Earthquake source observations; South America; Subduction zone processes

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK DISTRIBUTIONS; CROSS CORRELATION TECHNIQUES; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE OBSERVATIONS; INTERMEDIATE-DEPTH EARTHQUAKES; MEGATHRUST EARTHQUAKES; SOUTH AMERICA; SUBDUCTION INTERFACE; SUBDUCTION ZONE PROCESS;

SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

AFTERSHOCK; ARRIVAL TIME; COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEISMICITY; SEISMOGRAM; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

ANTOFAGASTA; CHILE; TOCOPILLA;

EID: 84880282028     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt163     Document Type: Article

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