Late Quaternary tectonic evolution and postseismic near surface fault displacement along the Geleen Faut (Feldbis Fault Zone - Roer Valley Rift System, the Netherlands), based on trenching

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 177-196

  Houtgast, R F ^a   van Balen, R T ^a   Vandenberghe, J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Coseismic; Earthquakes; Feldbiss Fault Zone; Geleen Fault; Nonseismic; Paleoseismology; Postseismic; Roer Valley Graben

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOSEISMICITY; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; QUATERNARY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

GELEEN FAULT; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0242306960     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0016774600020734     Document Type: Article

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