The tectonic source of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake and tsunami

Annali di Geofisica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-55

  Zitellini, Nevio ^a   Chierici, Francesco ^a   Sartori, Renzo ^b   Torelli, Luigi ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Seismicity; SW Iberia continental margin; Tectonic structures; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FOCAL MECHANISM; SOURCE PARAMETERS; TECTONICS; TSUNAMI;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032819430     PISSN: 03652556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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