@article{fdi:010061942,
  title = {{M}otion of continental slivers and creeping subduction in the northern {A}ndes},
  author = {{N}ocquet, {J}ean-{M}athieu and {V}illegas-{L}anza, {J}. {C}. and {C}hlieh, {M}ohamed and {M}othes, {P}. {A}. and {R}olandone, {F}. and {J}arrin, {P}. and {C}isneros, {D}. and {A}lvarado, {A}. and {A}udin, {L}aurence and {B}ondoux, {F}rancis and {M}artin, {X}avier and {F}ont, {Y}vonne and {R}{\'e}gnier, {M}arc and {V}all{\'e}e, {M}artin and {T}ran, {T}. and {B}eauval, {C}{\'e}line and {M}endoza, {J}. {M}. {M}. and {M}artinez, {W}. and {T}avera, {H}. and {Y}epes, {H}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A}long the western margin of {S}outh {A}merica, plate convergence is accommodated by slip on the subduction interface and deformation of the overriding continent(1-6). {I}n {C}hile(1-4), {B}olivia(6), {E}cuador and {C}olombia(5, 7), continental deformation occurs mostly through the motion of discrete domains, hundreds to thousands of kilometres in scale. {T}hese continental slivers are wedged between the {N}azca and stable {S}outh {A}merican plates. {H}ere we use geodetic data to identify another large continental sliver in {P}eru that is about 300-400 km wide and 1,500 km long, which we call the {I}nca {S}liver. {W}e show that movement of the slivers parallel to the subduction trench is controlled by the obliquity of plate convergence and is linked to prominent features of the {A}ndes {M}ountains. {F}or example, the {A}ltiplano is located at the boundary of converging slivers at the concave bend of the central {A}ndes, and the extending {G}ulf of {G}uayaquil is located at the boundary of diverging slivers at the convex bend of the northern {A}ndes. {M}otion of a few large continental slivers therefore controls the present-day deformation of nearly the entire {A}ndes mountain range. {W}e also show that a 1,000-km-long section of the plate interface in northern {P}eru and southern {E}cuador slips predominantly aseismically, a behaviour that contrasts with the highly seismic neighbouring segments. {T}he primary characteristics of this low-coupled segment are shared by similar to 20% of the subduction zones in the eastern {P}acific {R}im.},
  keywords = {{EQUATEUR} ; {PEROU} ; {COLOMBIE} ; {ANDES}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{N}ature {G}eoscience},
  volume = {7},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {287--291},
  ISSN = {1752-0894},
  year = {2014},
  DOI = {10.1038/ngeo2099},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010061942},
}