Paleoseismology in coastal Chile

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 6109-6114

  Vita Finzi, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE RECORD; PALAEOSEISMICITY; PALAEOSHORELINE; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMOLOGY; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; UPLIFT;

CHILE;

EID: 0029773787     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jb01586     Document Type: Article

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