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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">EGUsphere</journal-id>
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<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/egusphere-2026-2003</article-id>
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<article-title>Constraints on the Lithospheric Structure and Rheology of Northern Chile from 8-year Post-Seismic Deformation following the &lt;em&gt;M&lt;/em&gt;&lt;sub&gt;w&lt;/sub&gt;8.1 Iquique Earthquake</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Cresseaux</surname>
<given-names>Juliette</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Radiguet</surname>
<given-names>Mathilde</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3877-9393</ext-link>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Doin</surname>
<given-names>Marie Pierre</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9546-4005</ext-link>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Moreno</surname>
<given-names>Marcos</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Huiban</surname>
<given-names>Flora</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3582-1840</ext-link>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff6">
<sup>6</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Marchandon</surname>
<given-names>Mathilde</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Baez</surname>
<given-names>Juan Carlos</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Tsapong Tsague</surname>
<given-names>Aubin</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Janex</surname>
<given-names>Gaël</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Tassara</surname>
<given-names>Andres</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7448-2474</ext-link>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5">
<sup>5</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Socquet</surname>
<given-names>Anne</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>University Grenoble Alpes, University Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, University Gustave Eiffel, ISTerre, 38000 Grenoble, France</addr-line>
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<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Departamento de Ingeniería Estructural y Geotécnica, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Santiago, Chile</addr-line>
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<label>3</label>
<addr-line>Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, LMU Munich, Germany</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff4">
<label>4</label>
<addr-line>Centro Sismológico Nacional, Santiago, Chile</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff5">
<label>5</label>
<addr-line>Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile</addr-line>
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<label>6</label>
<addr-line>current address: Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources Management, University of Copenhagen, 1350, Copenhagen, Denmark</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>22</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>2026</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>71</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Juliette Cresseaux et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<p>&lt;span&gt;Understanding and modeling the deformation following large earthquake is essential for characterizing the rheological structure and processes that release post-seismic stress. Here, we measured postseismic deformation over an 8-year period following the 2014 &lt;em&gt;M&lt;sub&gt;w&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/em&gt;8.1 Iquique earthquake using Sentinel-1 InSAR and GNSS time series in northern Chile and Bolivia. We jointly modeled the surface displacements caused by afterslip and viscoelastic relaxation using a two-dimensional finite element model. The combination of GNSS and InSAR data allows us to continuously map the temporal and spatial variations of the displacement field, especially in the vertical component, providing valuable constraints for modeling the rheological structure of the continental plate from the slab to the Altiplano. The amplitude of the uplift pattern claims for a weak zone below the western part of the Altiplano, where the volcanic arc is fed by partial melting. To reproduce the temporal evolution of post-seismic uplift, this weak zone must be governed by a Burgers rheology, combining a transient Kelvin body with a viscosity &amp;eta;&lt;sub&gt;Kwz&lt;/sub&gt; = 2 &amp;times; 10&lt;sup&gt;18 &lt;/sup&gt;Pa.s and a Maxwell body with a viscosity &amp;eta;&lt;sub&gt;Mwz&lt;/sub&gt; = 2 &amp;times; 10&lt;sup&gt;19&lt;/sup&gt; Pa.s. To the west, our preferred model includes a cold nose rooting into the slab at a slab-mantle decoupling depth of d&lt;sub&gt;CN&lt;/sub&gt; = 84 km. This near-trench elastic wedge, predicted by thermal models, drives mantle flow and generates surface uplift during post-seismic relaxation. By characterizing the post-seismic deformation field following the Iquique earthquake, our results refine the rheological structure below the Central Andes and define its response to stress changes down to short time scales.&lt;/span&gt;</p>
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