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Rick W. Allmendinger
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The bouncing boulders of the Atacama: Exquisitely preserved fallen-boulder fields in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile
ADVANCES IN ANALYSIS AND PREDICTION OF ROCKFALLS, ROCKSLIDES, AND ROCK AVALANCHES I
natural hazards | 13 december 2019
Paul M. Morgan, Richard W. Allmendinger, Lester A....
In the heart of Chiles Atacama Desert thousands of boulders, some exceeding 5 m in diameter, lie at the bases of steep escarpments. The rapid and forc...
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Multiple factors affecting boulder weathering: Case of Chuculay Boulder Field in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile
EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND FLOODING II POSTERS
earth and planetary surface processes | 13 december 2019
Lester A. Olivares, Teresa E. Jordan, Richard W. A...
A unique index of weathering rates and processes in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of northern Chile is provided by boulders that accumulate at the base...
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Slip distribution of the 2014 Mw-=-8.1 Pisagua, northern Chile, earthquake sequence estimated from coseismic fore-arc surface cracks
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
09 october 2016
Jack Loveless, Chelsea Scott, Richard W. Allmendin...

The 2014 Mw = 8.1 Iquique (Pisagua), Chile, earthquake sequence ruptured a segment of the Nazca‐South America subduction zone tha...

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Coseismic Surface Cracks Produced By the Mw8.1 Pisagua Earthquake Sequence
FALL MEETING 2014
17 december 2014
Richard W. Allmendinger, Gabriel Gonzalez, Jack Lo...
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Long-Term Stability of the 2014 Iquique, Chile Earthquake Rupture Zone: Evidence from Forearc Deformation
FALL MEETING 2014
17 december 2014
Jack Loveless, Richard W. Allmendinger, William D....
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Upper Plate Reverse Fault Reactivation and the March-April 2014 Pisagua Earthquake Sequence in Northern Chile
FALL MEETING 2014
17 december 2014
Gabriel Gonzalez, Richard W. Allmendinger, Felipe ...
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Permanent fore-arc extension and seismic segmentation: Insights from the 2010 Maule earthquake, Chile
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: SOLID EARTH
26 february 2013
Felipe Aron, Richard W. Allmendinger, Jose M. Cemb...

Geologists have long known that young normal faults are an important structural element of the Andean Coastal Cordillera, but their relationship to...

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