Postglacial fault movement and palaeoseismicity in Western Scotland: A reappraisal of the Kinloch Hourn fault, Kintail

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 307-328

  Stewart, Iain S ^a   Firth, Callum R ^a   Rust, Derek J ^a   Collins, Philip E F ^a   Firth, Judith A ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Holocen; Neotectonics; Palaeoseismicity; Postglacial faulting; Scotland; UK

Indexed keywords

FAULT; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; HOLOCENE; PALEOSEISMICITY; POSTGLACIAL;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034806732     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011467307511     Document Type: Article

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