Tectonic control on sediment accretion and subduction off south central Chile: Implications for coseismic rupture processes of the 1960 and 2010 megathrust earthquakes

• Published in: Tectonics
• Main Authors: Contreras-Reyes, Eduardo, Flueh, Ernst R., Grevemeyer, Ingo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: AGU (American Geophysical Union) 2010
• Subjects: Antarctic; Chile Trench; Chiloé; Pacific; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/10649/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/10649/1/Tectonics.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/2010TC002734

Based on a compilation of published and new seismic refraction and multichannel seismic reflection data along the south central Chile margin (33°–46°S), we study the processes of sediment accretion and subduction and their implications on megathrust seismicity. In terms of the frontal accretionary p...