Probing large intraplate earthquakes at the west flank of the Andes

Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1083-1086

  Vargas, G ^a   Klinger, Y ^b   Rockwell, T K ^c   Forman, S L ^d   Rebolledo, S ^a   Baize, S ^e   Lacassin, R ^b   Armijo, R ^b  

^a Universidad de Chile Centro de Excelencia en Geotermia de los Andes   (Chile)

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

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FAULTING; GEOPHYSICS; LANDFORMS;

INTRAPLATE EARTHQUAKES; LARGE EARTHQUAKES; MOMENT MAGNITUDES; MOUNTAIN RANGES; PLATE BOUNDARIES; SANTIAGO , CHILE; STRONG EARTHQUAKES; THRUST FAULTS;

FAULT SLIPS;

DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; MOUNTAIN REGION; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; SLIP RATE;

CHILE; METROPOLITANA; SANTIAGO [METROPOLITANA];

EID: 84912071083     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G35741.1     Document Type: Article

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