GOCE derived vertical gravity gradient delineates great earthquake rupture zones along the Chilean margin

Tectonophysics

Volumn 622, Issue , 2014, Pages 198-215

  Álvarez, Orlando ^a,b   Nacif, Silvina ^a,c   Gimenez, Mario ^a,b   Folguera, Andres ^b,d   Braitenberg, Carla ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientifícas y Técnicas CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

^c Fondo Argentino Sectorial Agencia de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica ^*  (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earthquake; GOCE; High oceanic features; Rupture zones; Trench sediments; Vertical gravity gradient

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; EARTHQUAKES; GRAVITATION;

DENSITY VARIATIONS; GOCE; GRAVITY GRADIENTS; HIGH OCEANIC FEATURES; MEGATHRUST EARTHQUAKES; RUPTURE ZONE; STATISTICAL COMPARISONS; VERTICAL GRADIENTS;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GOCE; GRAVITY FIELD; NAZCA PLATE; SATELLITE DATA; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

CHILE;

EID: 84899940548     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2014.03.011     Document Type: Article

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