Segmentation of megathrust rupture zones from fore‐arc deformation patterns over hundreds to millions of years, Arauco peninsula, Chile

D Melnick, B Bookhagen, MR Strecker… - … Research: Solid Earth, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
This work explores the control of fore‐arc structure on segmentation of megathrust
earthquake ruptures using coastal geomorphic markers. The Arauco‐Nahuelbuta region at …

The hadal zone is an important and heterogeneous sink of black carbon in the ocean

X Zhang, Y Xu, W Xiao, M Zhao, Z Wang… - … Earth & Environment, 2022 - nature.com
Black carbon is ubiquitous in the marine environment. However, whether it accumulates in
the deepest ocean region, the hadal zone, is unknown. Here we measure the concentration …

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

E Contreras‐Reyes, ER Flueh, I Grevemeyer - Tectonics, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Upper lithospheric structure of the subduction zone offshore of southern Arauco peninsula, Chile, at∼ 38 S

E Contreras‐Reyes, I Grevemeyer… - Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
A joint interpretation of swath bathymetric, seismic refraction, wide‐angle reflection, and
multichannel seismic data was used to derive a detailed tomographic image of the Nazca …

Subduction erosion—The “normal” mode of fore-arc material transfer along the Chilean margin?

N Kukowski, O Oncken - The Andes: Active Subduction Orogeny, 2006 - Springer
Subduction erosion shapes at least half of the world's convergent margins. However, its
rates, and modes as well as spatial and temporal variation are poorly understood. Based on …

Lithospheric flexure modelling seaward of the Chile trench: implications for oceanic plate weakening in the Trench Outer Rise region

E Contreras-Reyes, A Osses - Geophysical Journal International, 2010 - academic.oup.com
The Chilean subduction zone presents a unique opportunity to study trench outer rise
deformation of the subducting oceanic lithosphere at different thermal ages. The shape of …

Turbidite paleoseismology along the active continental margin of Chile–Feasible or not?

A Bernhardt, D Melnick, D Hebbeln, A Lückge… - Quaternary Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
Much progress has been made in estimating recurrence intervals of great and giant
subduction earthquakes using terrestrial, lacustrine, and marine paleoseismic archives …

Detailed Structure of the Subducted Nazca Slab into the Lower Mantle Derived From Continent‐Scale Teleseismic P Wave Tomography

DE Portner, EE Rodríguez, S Beck… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Nazca subduction beneath South America is one of our best modern examples of
long‐lived ocean‐continent subduction on the planet, serving as a foundation for our …

Alteration of the subducting oceanic lithosphere at the southern central Chile trench–outer rise

E Contreras‐Reyes, I Grevemeyer… - Geochemistry …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrothermal circulation and brittle faulting processes affecting the oceanic lithosphere are
usually confined to the upper crust for oceanic lithosphere created at intermediate to fast …

Offshore geometry of the South America subduction zone plate boundary

E Contreras-Reyes, M Carvajal, F González - Earth and Planetary Science …, 2025 - Elsevier
Accurate and precise 3-D geometry models of subduction zone plate boundaries are crucial
for advancing earthquake science, enhancing hazard assessments, and improving our …