Paleoseismology of the 1912 Acambay earthquake and the Acambay-Tixmadejé fault, Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B2, 2000, Pages 3019-3037

  Langridge, Robert Max ^a,b   Weldon II, Ray J ^a   Moya, Juan Carlos ^c   Suárez, Gerardo ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e International Monitoring System   (Austria)

^f INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; PALEOSEISMICITY;

MEXICO; TRANS-MEXICAN VOLCANIC BELT;

EID: 0034628339     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900239     Document Type: Article

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