Ambient noise tomography across Ecuador: Upper-plate structure coincident with the Carnegie Ridge and the southernmost extent of mega-thrust earthquakes


Colton Lynner1, Susan L Beck2, Clinton D Koch1, Anne Metlzer3, Lillian Soto-Cordero4, Mario Calixto Ruiz5, Alexandra Alvarado6, Philippe Charvis7, Yvonne Font8, Marc M Regnier9, Hans Agurto-Detzel10 and Andreas Rietbrock11,12, (1)University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, (2)University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences, Tucson, AZ, United States, (3)Lehigh University, Bethlehem, United States, (4)University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, United States, (5)Instituto Geofísico, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador, (6)Instituto Geofísico de la Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador, (7)Géoazur - Université Côte d'Azur, IRD, CNRS, OCA, Valbonne, France, (8)Université Côte d’Azur, IRD, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Géoazur, Valbonne, France, (9)Géoazur - Université Côte d'Azur - IRD - CNRS - Observatoire de la côte d'Azur, Valbonne, France, (10)Géoazur - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, Université Côte d'Azur, IRD, CNRS, OCA, Valbonne, France, (11)Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Geophysical Institute (GPI), Karlsruhe, Germany, (12)University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom