Rockfalls triggered by the AD 1356 Basle Earthquake

Terra Nova

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 258-264

  Becker, A ^a   Davenport, C A ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; EARTHQUAKE; HOLOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; ROCKFALL; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0041827270     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.2003.00496.x     Document Type: Article

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