Abstract On 1 April 2014, a great (Mw 8.1) interplate thrust earthquake ruptured in the
northern portion of the 1877 earthquake seismic gap in northern Chile. The sequence …

Are there measurable, distinctive precursors that can warn us in advance of the planet's
largest earthquakes? Foreshocks have long been considered the most promising …

The Atacama region (between 29° S and 25° S) is located in the North-Central area of Chile,
a tectonically complex transition area between North and Central Chile. Deformation in …

We introduce a method for the detailed interpretation of K–Ar illite fine-fraction ages of fault
gouges from non-sedimentary host rocks. Ages are cross-evaluated with several …

We focus on the relation between seismic and total postseismic afterslip following the Maule
M w 8.8 earthquake on 2010 February 27 in central Chile. First, we calculate the cumulative …

Abstract The San Ramón Fault is an active west-vergent thrust fault system located along the
eastern border of the city of Santiago, at the foot of the main Andes Cordillera. This is a …

Abstract The Central and Eastern Precordillera form oppositely verging thrust systems on the
western and eastern sides of the Matagusanos-Maradona-Acequión valley, establishing a …

The drainage pattern on the western piedmont of the Sierra de La Cantera is divergent,
typical of alluvial fans and showing anomalies that are directly related to the trace of La …

The distribution of late Pleistocene to Holocene rockslides in the western flank of the eastern
mountain ranges of Central Precordillera (30° 40′–31° S), has been analyzed to determine …

The Tongoy bay (30ºS/70º30'W) and the related catchment system in the western fringe of
the semiarid Chilean Coastal Cordillera consists of an inherited landscape subject to …