Gradual unlocking of plate boundary controlled initiation of the 2014 Iquique earthquake

Nature

Volumn 512, Issue 7514, 2014, Pages 299-302

  Schurr, Bernd ^a   Asch, Günter ^a   Hainzl, Sebastian ^a   Bedford, Jonathan ^a   Hoechner, Andreas ^a   Palo, Mauro ^a   Wang, Rongjiang ^a   Moreno, Marcos ^a   Bartsch, Mitja ^a   Zhang, Yong ^b   Oncken, Onno ^a   Tilmann, Frederik ^a   Dahm, Torsten ^a   Victor, Pia ^a   Barrientos, Sergio ^c   Vilotte, Jean Pierre ^d  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FORESHOCK; PLATE BOUNDARY;

ARTICLE; CHILE; EARTHQUAKE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; KINEMATICS; PLATE BOUNDARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CHILE; IQUIQUE; TARAPACA;

EID: 84906545918     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13681     Document Type: Article

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