The geometry of the Chilean continental wedge: Tectonic segmentation of subduction processes off Chile

Tectonophysics

Volumn 659, Issue , 2015, Pages 183-196

  Maksymowicz, Andrei ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Non Cohesive Coulomb wedge theory; Seismic; Subduction; Wedge tectonics

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; EARTHQUAKES; FRICTION; GEOMETRY; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

CLASSIFICATION METHODOLOGIES; EFFECTIVE FRICTION COEFFICIENT; GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION BATHYMETRY; INTERNAL FLUID PRESSURE; NON-COHESIVE COULOMB WEDGE THEORY; SEISMIC; SUBDUCTION;

TECTONICS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; BATHYMETRY; CONVERGENT MARGIN; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FRACTURE ZONE; SEISMOTECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

CHILE;

EID: 84941877542     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2015.08.007     Document Type: Article

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