Neotectonic and paleoseismicity studies on the Urumaco Fault, northern Falcon Basin, northwestern Venezuela

Tectonophysics

Volumn 308, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 23-35

  Audemard, Franck A ^a   Bousquet, Jean Claude ^b   Rodríguez, José A ^c  

^a Fundacion Venezolana de Investigaciones Sismologicas   (Venezuela)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c Litos CA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Northwestern Venezuela; Paleoseismology; Seismic potential; Urumaco Fault

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; FAULT; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOSEISMICITY;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 0032734431     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00081-5     Document Type: Article

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