Implications of elastic dislocation modeling on permanent deformation in the northern Chilean forearc

Introduction Elastic half-space dislocation models of interseismic strain accumulation in the northern Chilean subduction zone show a strain field con sistent with patterns of permanent deformation. Here we present a simple model in which the sei smogenic zone of the northern Chilean rnargin is modeled as two segments whose boundary is in the vicinity of the Mejillones Peninsula. The northern fault, representative of the northernmost Chile...