Seismic potential of the main active faults in the Granada Basin (Southern Spain)

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 160, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1537-1556

  De Galdeano, Carlo Sanz ^a   Peláez Montilla, José ^b   López Casado, Carlos ^c  

^a INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Active faults; Betic cordillera; Granada basin; Seismic potential of faults

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMOTECTONICS;

SPAIN;

EID: 0038466302     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-003-2359-3     Document Type: Article

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