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Seismic Images of Accretive and Erosive Subduction Zones from the Chilean Margin

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Sick,  C.
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Yoon,  M.-K.
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Rauch,  K.
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Buske,  S.
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Lüth,  Stefan
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Araneda,  M.
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Bataille,  K.
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Chong,  G.
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Giese,  P.
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Krawczyk,  C.M.
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Mechie,  James
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Meyer,  H.
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Oncken,  Onno
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Reichert,  C.
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Schmitz,  M.
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Shapiro,  S.
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Stiller,  Manfred
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Wigger,  P.
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Sick, C., Yoon, M.-K., Rauch, K., Buske, S., Lüth, S., Araneda, M., Bataille, K., Chong, G., Giese, P., Krawczyk, C., Mechie, J., Meyer, H., Oncken, O., Reichert, C., Schmitz, M., Shapiro, S., Stiller, M., Wigger, P. (2006): Seismic Images of Accretive and Erosive Subduction Zones from the Chilean Margin. - In: Oncken, O., Chong, G., Franz, G., Giese, P., Götze, H.-J., Ramos, V. A., Strecker, M. R., Wigger, P. (Eds.), The Andes - Active Subduction Orogeny, (Frontiers in Earth Sciences), Springer, 147-169.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48684-8_7


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Abstract
Modern seismic imaging methods were used to study the subduction processes of the South American convergent margin. The data came from reflection and from wide-angle/refraction experiments acquired within the framework of the Collaborative Research Center SFB 267 'Deformation Processes in the Andes'. Two areas of differing character and subduction type were investigated: an erosive margin to the north (19-26° S) and an accretionary margin to the south (36-40° S). Results from different seismic models yield three main transects that give an overall impression about the internal structure below the Chilean margin. At the erosive margin, we find that the upper part of the subducting oceanic lithosphere is characterized by a horst-and-graben structure that coincides with the coupling zone between the plates. Strong coupling between oceanic crust and fore-arc in the case of a horst-continent collision is also indicated by plate-parallel faults beneath the lower continental slope, which we interpret as the upper parts of the subduction channel. In this context, the subduction channel represents the downgoing Nazca Plate as well as those portions of the continental crust which moved landward. Low seismic velocities below the coastline also represent parts of the subduction channel and of the hydrofractured base of the upper crust near the plate interface. Between 45 and 60 km depth, a double reflection zone marks the upper and lower boundary of the subducted oceanic crust. Off southern Chile, the ocean bottom is characterized by relatively smooth morphology. In contrast, in the south, the trench is filled with sediments and contains an axial channel (Figs. 7.16 to 7.18) extending in N-S direction along the trench axis within the investigation area. The periodicity of the reflected seismic signal within these sediments correlates with the main glacial cycle during the Quaternary. The recent accretionary wedge is built up from strongly heterogeneous unconsolidated sediments. Frontal accretion takes place within the southern working area except for the region around the Arauco Peninsula, which shows uplift due to basal accretion and antiformal stacking. Below the Coastal Cordillera, the heterogeneity of the modern accretionary wedge and the antiformal stack structure of the Permo-Triassic accretionary wedge complicate imaging at depths greater than about 30 km. Thus, we obtain an image of the top of the subduction channel as a thin reflector segment only to about 25 km depth.