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Structural Characterization of the Taltal Segment in Northern Chile Between 22°S and 26°S Using Local Earthquake Tomography

Leon-Rios, Sergio ; Reyes-Wagner, Valentina; Calle-Gardella, Daniela; Rietbrock, Andreas ORCID iD icon 1; Roecker, Steven; Maksymowicz, Andrei; Comte, Diana
1 Geophysikalisches Institut (GPI), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

Recordings of earthquakes by a temporary deployment of 84 short period seismometers in northern Chile were used to derive regional 3D seismic velocity models for the Taltal segment. We used the Regressive ESTimator (REST) package for event detection and automatic onset estimation of P- and S-wave arrival times to create an earthquake catalog with 23,985 hypocenters. We followed standard acceptability criteria (i.e., azimuthal gap and residual cutoff) to create a high-quality data set and inverted for 3D Vp, Vs and Vp/Vs models using local earthquake tomography. Plots of hypocenters from the catalog, comprising 16,349 earthquakes, reveal active structures in the upper crust, dip changes along the slab and fracturing within the oceanic crust. Moreover, the wavespeed models illuminate anomalies in both the Nazca and South American plates that correlate with the observed seismicity distribution, including variations from low (1.75) to high (>1.80) Vp/Vs near the Atacama fault system on the coastline and the Domeyko Fault System in the forearc. The seismic velocity models also provide evidence for fluid circulation caused by the subducting Taltal ridge on the coast and partial melting feeding a volcanic complex close to the Andes. ... mehr


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000175490
Veröffentlicht am 24.10.2024
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DOI: 10.1029/2023GC011197
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Geophysikalisches Institut (GPI)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsmonat/-jahr 05.2024
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 1525-2027
KITopen-ID: 1000175490
Erschienen in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
Verlag John Wiley and Sons
Band 25
Heft 5
Seiten e2023GC011197
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