Preliminary note on uplift rates gradient, seismic activity and possible implications for brittle tectonics and rockslide prone areas: The example of western Switzerland;Note préliminaire sur les taux de soulèvement, l'activité sismique et les implications possibles pour la tectonique cassante et les zones à glissements rocheux: l'exemple de la Suisse occidentale

Bulletin de la Societe Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 401-420

  Jaboyedoff, Michel ^a   Baillifard, François ^b,c   Derron, Marc Henri ^d  

^a Quanterra   (Switzerland)

^b CREALP ^*

^c Geological and Paleontological Institute   (Switzerland)

^d Museum of Geology and Institute of Mineralogy and Geochemistry   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brittle tectonics; Earthquake; Gradient; Landslide; Rockslide; Uplift

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; LANDSLIDE; TECTONICS; UPLIFT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 1242298911     PISSN: 00379603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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