GPS-derived interseismic coupling on the subduction and seismic hazards in the Atacama region, Chile

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 644-655

  Metois M ^a,b   Vigny, C ^a   Socquet, A ^c   Delorme, A ^b   Morvan, S ^a,e   Ortega, I ^d   Valderas Bermejo, C M ^d  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

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

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Earthquake interaction, forecasting, and prediction; Satellite geodesy; Seismic cycle; South America; Subduction zone processes

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE INTERACTION , FORECASTING , AND PREDICTIONS; SATELLITE GEODESY; SEISMIC CYCLE; SOUTH AMERICA; SUBDUCTION ZONE PROCESS;

GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; GEODESY; GPS; GROUND MOTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

ARGENTINA; ATACAMA; CHILE; SIERRAS PAMPEANAS;

EID: 84892468807     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt418     Document Type: Article

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