Why do large subduction earthquakes in South America often break the downgoing slab; example of the recent Tocopilla earthquake

Article de revue

Raul Madariaga, Sophie Peyrat, Jaime Campos, Jean-Pierre Vilotte et Anonymous

Geophysical research abstracts, Vol.10

European Geosciences Union general assembly 2008

2008

Résumé

aftershocks

Antofagasta Chile

Chile

earthquakes

East Pacific

fault planes

faults

great earthquakes

Nazca Plate

Pacific Ocean

Peru-Chile Trench

plate tectonics

propagation

Punitaqui earthquake 1997

rupture

Seismology

slabs

Solid-earth geophysics

South America

stress

subduction

subduction zones

swarms

Tocopilla Chile

Tocopilla earthquake 2007

transition zones

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Titre: Why do large subduction earthquakes in South America often break the downgoing slab; example of the recent Tocopilla earthquake
Créateurs - sans rôle: Raul Madariaga - Ecole Normale Superieure, Laboratoire de Geologie Paris FRA France
Sophie Peyrat
Jaime Campos
Jean-Pierre Vilotte
Anonymous
Détails de publication: Geophysical research abstracts, Vol.10
Colloque: European Geosciences Union general assembly 2008
Éditeur: Copernicus GmbH on behalf of the European Geosciences Union (EGU)
Identifiants: 99162149809311
Unité académique: Géosciences Montpellier - GM
Langue: English
Type de ressource: Journal article