@article{fdi:010061946,
  title = {{A}ctive tectonics in {Q}uito, {E}cuador,assessed by geomorphological studies,{GPS} data,and crustal seismicity},
  author = {{A}lvarado, {A}. and {A}udin, {L}aurence and {N}ocquet, {J}ean-{M}athieu and {L}agreulet, {S}. and {S}egovia, {M}. and {F}ont, {Y}vonne and {L}amarque, {G}. and {Y}epes, {H}. and {M}othes, {P}. and {R}olandone, {F}. and {J}arrin, {P}. and {Q}uidelleur, {X}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he {Q}uito {F}ault {S}ystem ({QFS}) extends over 60km along the {I}nterandean {D}epression in northern {E}cuador. {M}ultidisciplinary studies support an interpretation in which two major contemporaneous fault systems affect {Q}uaternary volcanoclastic deposits. {H}anging paleovalleys and disruption of drainage networks attest to ongoing crustal deformation and uplift in this region, further confirmed by 15 years of {GPS} measurements and seismicity. {T}he resulting new kinematic model emphasizes the role of the {N}-{S} segmented, en echelon eastward migrating {Q}uito {F}ault {S}ystem ({QFS}). {N}ortheast of this major tectonic feature, the strike-slip {G}uayllabamba {F}ault {S}ystem ({GFS}) aids the eastward transfer of the regional strain toward {C}olombia. {T}hese two tectonic fault systems are active, and the local focal mechanisms are consistent with the direction of relative {GPS} velocities and the regional stress tensor. {A}mong active features, inherited {N}-{S} direction sutures appear to play a role in confining the active deformation in the {I}nterandean {D}epression. {T}he most frontal of the {Q}uito faults formed at the tip of a blind thrust, dipping 40 degrees {W}, is most probably connected at depth to inactive suture to the west. {A} new {GPS} data set indicates active shortening rates for {Q}uito blind thrust of up to 4mm/yr, which decreases northward along the fold system as it connects to the strike-slip {G}uayllabamba {F}ault {S}ystem. {T}he proximity of these structures to the densely populated {Q}uito region highlights the need for additional tectonic studies in these regions of {E}cuador to generate further hazard assessments.},
  keywords = {{C}ontinental deformation ; {A}ctive tectonics ; {S}eismicity ; {G}eodesy ; {EQUATEUR}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{T}ectonics},
  volume = {33},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {67--83},
  ISSN = {0278-7407},
  year = {2014},
  DOI = {10.1002/2012tc003224},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010061946},
}