Seismotectonic framework of the 2010 February 27Mw 8.8 Maule, Chile earthquake sequence

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1034-1051

  Hayes, Gavin P ^a   Bergman, Eric ^b   Johnson, Kendra L ^a,c   Benz, Harley M ^a   Brown, Lucy ^d   Meltzer, Anne S ^d  

^a US Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center   (United States)

^b Global Seismological Services   (United States)

^c Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^d LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake source observations; Seismicity and tectonics; South america; Subduction zone processes

Indexed keywords

COULOMB STRESS TRANSFERS; DECOMPOSITION ALGORITHM; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE OBSERVATIONS; INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS; MOMENT TENSOR SOLUTIONS; SEISMICITY AND TECTONICS; SOUTH AMERICA; SUBDUCTION ZONE PROCESS;

FAULT SLIPS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TECTONICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; ALGORITHM; CHILE EARTHQUAKE 2010; COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT GEOMETRY; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

CHILE; FRANCE; GERMANY; MAULE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885795037     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt238     Document Type: Article

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