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Authors: Scalera, G. 
Title: South American Pacific margin as key target for geosciences and general culture
Journal: New Concepts in Global Tectonics NEWSLETTER 
Series/Report no.: /43 (2007)
Publisher: NCGT group - New Concepts in Global Tectonics group
Issue Date: Jun-2007
Keywords: Pacific active margins
Great earthquakes
Eruptions rate
Active margins interpretations
Global geodynamics
Expanding Earth
Subject Classification04. Solid Earth::04.01. Earth Interior::04.01.04. Mineral physics and properties of rocks 
04. Solid Earth::04.02. Exploration geophysics::04.02.06. Seismic methods 
04. Solid Earth::04.02. Exploration geophysics::04.02.07. Instruments and techniques 
04. Solid Earth::04.06. Seismology::04.06.03. Earthquake source and dynamics 
04. Solid Earth::04.06. Seismology::04.06.06. Surveys, measurements, and monitoring 
04. Solid Earth::04.06. Seismology::04.06.10. Instruments and techniques 
04. Solid Earth::04.06. Seismology::04.06.11. Seismic risk 
04. Solid Earth::04.07. Tectonophysics::04.07.02. Geodynamics 
Abstract: Analysis of a relocated hypocentres database and of a global volcanic eruptions catalogue has made clear that the South American Pacific margin is a site of peculiar phenomena and related geophysical events. The already known maximum rate of deep earthquakes, the expected mean recurrence time of extreme magnitude earthquakes of a few tens of years, and the closeness of the region to the Nazca triple point – i.e. the region with the maximum rate of sea floor expansion – mean that the Andean margin deserves priority in preparing stable geophysical instrument arrays in anticipation of the next great earthquake, with the aim of increasing our understanding of the real nature of earthquakes, of the real geodynamics of active margins, and of global geodynamics and tectonics
Description: Short commentary sent to the APRE commission for the Latin American - Europe scientific cooperation
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