Title
Seismic Velocity Structure in the Area of the 2007, Mw 8.0, Pisco-Peru Earthquake: Implications for the Mechanics of Subduction in the Vicinity of the Nazca Ridge
Date Issued
01 January 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Hindawi Limited
Abstract
In this study, we present a velocity model for the area of the 2007 Pisco-Peru earthquake (Mw=8.0) obtained using a double-difference tomography algorithm that considers aftershocks acquired for 6 months. The studied area is particularly interesting because it lies on the northern edge of the Nazca Ridge, in which the subduction of a large bathymetric structure is the origin of geomorphological features of the central coast of Peru. Relocated seismicity is used to infer the geometry of the subduction slab on the northern flank of the Nazca Ridge. The results prove that the geometry is continuous but convex because of the subduction of the ridge, thereby explaining the high uplift rates observed in this area. Our inferred distribution of seismicity agrees with both the coseismic and postseismic slip distributions.
Start page
1
End page
8
Volume
2020
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería ambiental y geológica Geología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85096467608
Source
International Journal of Geophysics
ISSN of the container
1687885X
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