Coseismic and postseismic slip associated with the 2010 Maule Earthquake, Chile: Characterizing the Arauco Peninsula barrier effect

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3142-3159

  Lin, Yu Nung Nina ^a   Sladen, Anthony ^b   Ortega Culaciati, Francisco ^a   Simons, Mark ^a   Avouac, Jean Philippe ^a   Fielding, Eric J ^c   Brooks, Benjamin A ^d   Bevis, Michael ^e   Genrich, Jeff ^a   Rietbrock, Andreas ^f   Vigny, Christophe ^g   Smalley, Robert ^h   Socquet, Anne ⁱ  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^g ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

ⁱ UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Arauco Peninsula; barrier effect; finite fault model; postseismic deformation; rate and state friction; seismic cycle

Indexed keywords

CHILE EARTHQUAKE 2010; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; SEISMICITY; SLIP RATE; SUBDUCTION; UPLIFT;

ARAUCO PENINSULA; BIO BIO; CHILE;

EID: 84880725864     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrb.50207     Document Type: Article

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