Late Holocene liquefaction features in the Dominican Republic: A powerful tool for earthquake hazard assessment in the northeastern Caribbean

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-46

  Tuttle, Martitia P ^a   Prentice, Carol S ^b   Dyer Williams, Kathleen ^a   Pena, Luis R ^c   Burr, George ^d  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SAND; SOIL LIQUEFACTION;

SAND DIKES;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; GROUND MOTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HOLOCENE; LIQUEFACTION; PALEOSEISMICITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

CIBAO VALLEY; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC;

EID: 0038018099     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120010233     Document Type: Article

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