Constructing forearc architecture over megathrust seismic cycles: Geological snapshots from the Maule earthquake region, Chile

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 127, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 464-479

  Aron, Felipe ^a   Cembrano, José ^b,c,d   Astudillo, Felipe ^e   Allmendinger, Richard W ^a   Arancibia, Gloria ^b,d  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c Instituto de Geografia   (Chile)

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

^e UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; SEISMOLOGY; STRAIN RATE;

2011 TOHOKU EARTHQUAKES; CRUSTAL EARTHQUAKES; FIELD STRUCTURAL DATA; LONG-TERM DEFORMATION; RANDOM ORIENTATIONS; SLOW STRAIN RATES; STRUCTURAL STYLES; STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS;

FAULTING;

CHILE EARTHQUAKE 2010; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; NORMAL FAULT; OBLIQUE FAULT; REVERSE FAULT; SEISMICITY; THRUST; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011;

CHILE; COASTAL CORDILLERA; MAULE;

EID: 84924971831     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B31125.1     Document Type: Article

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