Threshold of geomorphic detectability estimated from geologic observations of active low slip-rate strike-slip faults

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Kaneda, Heitaro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; FAULTING; GEOPHYSICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

SLIP RATES; ACTIVE FAULT; CATASTROPHIC EARTHQUAKE; DETECTABILITY; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; SURFACE OFFSETS; SURFACE PROCESS;

GEOLOGY; FAULT SLIPS;

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT SLIP; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PALEOSEISMICITY; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

EID: 0042200350     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016280     Document Type: Article

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