First appraisal to define prospective seismogenic sources from historical earthquake damages in southern Upper Rhine Graben

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 401-423

  Fracassi, Umberto ^a,c   Niviére, Bertrand ^b   Winter, Thierry ^a  

^a Bur Rech Geologiques et Minieres   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TECTONICS;

ACTIVE DEFORMATION; SEISMIC ACTIVITIES; SEISMIC RECORDS; TECTONIC DEFORMATION;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOSEISMICITY; QUATERNARY; SEISMIC SOURCE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; RHINE GRABEN; WORLD;

EID: 12544259244     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.05.009     Document Type: Article

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