An unknown active fault revealed by microseismicity in the south-east of France

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 2003, Pages

  Courboulex, Françoise ^a   Larroque, Christophe ^a   Deschamps, Anne ^a   Gélis, Céline ^a   Charreau, Julien ^a   Stéphan, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONICS; SEISMOLOGY;

SEISMIC NETWORKS; ACTIVE FAULT; EPICENTRAL REGION; MICROSEISMICITY; REGIONAL TECTONICS; SEDIMENTARY COVERS; SEISMIC SWARM;

SEISMOLOGY; FAULTING;

ACTIVE FAULT; IMAGING METHOD; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS;

(SOUTHEAST); FRANCE;

EID: 0242337435     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017171     Document Type: Article

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