Active faults, seismicity and stresses in an internal boundary of a tectonic arc (Campo de Dalías and Níjar, southeastern Betic Cordilleras, Spain)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 396, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 81-96

  Marín Lechado, Carlos ^a   Galindo Zaldívar, Jesús ^b   Rodríguez Fernández, Luis Roberto ^a   Serrano, Inmaculada ^b   Pedrera, Antonio ^b  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Active faulting; Betic Cordilleras; Internal mountain front; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; ISLAND ARC; SEISMICITY; STRESS FIELD; TECTONOPHYSICS;

BETIC CORDILLERA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 12144260088     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.11.001     Document Type: Article

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