Revisiting the North Chile seismic gap segmentation using GPS-derived interseismic coupling

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1283-1294

  Mcetois M ^a,b   Socquet, A ^c   Vigny, C ^a   Carrizo, D ^d   Peyrat, S ^e,g   Delorme, A ^b   Maureira, E ^e,f   Valderas Bermejo, M C ^f   Ortega, I ^f  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^e DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^g UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

and prediction; Earthquake interaction; Forecasting; Satellite geodesy; Seismic cycle; South America.; Subduction zone processes

Indexed keywords

COUPLING DISTRIBUTION; GEODETIC MEASUREMENTS; INTERSEISMIC DEFORMATIONS; SATELLITE GEODESY; SEISMIC CYCLE; SOUTH AMERICA; SUBDUCTION EARTHQUAKES; SUBDUCTION ZONE PROCESS;

DEFORMATION; FORECASTING; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LOCKS (FASTENERS); TECTONICS; VELOCITY;

EARTHQUAKES;

ACCUMULATION RATE; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GEODESY; GPS; SEGMENTATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION;

CHILE; ICA; NAZCA; PERU;

EID: 84882985178     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt183     Document Type: Article

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