FAST TRACK PAPER: The reflection seismic survey of project TIPTEQ-the inventory of the Chilean subduction zone at 38.2° S

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Feb 2008

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Geophysical Journal International, Volume 172, Issue 23, pp. 565-571.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Controlled Source Seismology, Subduction Zone Processes, Continental Margins: Convergent, Dynamics: Seismotectonics, South America

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We describe results of an active-source seismology experiment across the Chilean subduction zone at 38.2°S. The seismic sections clearly show the subducted Nazca plate with varying reflectivity. Below the coast the plate interface occurs at 25 km depth as the sharp lower boundary of a 2-5 km thick, highly reflective region, which we interpret as the subduction channel, that is, a zone of subducted material with a velocity gradient with respect to the upper and lower plate. Further downdip along the seismogenic coupling zone the reflectivity decreases in the area of the presumed 1960 Valdivia hypocentre. The plate interface itself can be traced further down to depths of 50-60 km below the Central Valley. We observe strong reflectivity at the plate interface as well as in the continental mantle wedge. The sections also show a segmented forearc crust in the overriding South American plate. Major features in the accretionary wedge, such as the Lanalhue fault zone, can be identified. At the eastern end of the profile a bright west-dipping reflector lies perpendicular to the plate interface and may be linked to the volcanic arc.

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