Characterization and quantification of active faulting in the Roer valley rift system based on high precision digital elevation models

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 455-472

  Michon, Laurent ^a,b,d   Van Balen, Ronald T ^c  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ACTIVE FAULTING; DIGITAL ELEVATION METHOD (DEM); ROER VALLEY RIFT SYSTEM (RVRS); UPPER RHINE GRABEN;

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS;

ACTIVE FAULT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; NEOTECTONICS; QUATERNARY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; RUR VALLEY; WORLD;

EID: 12544260663     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2003.11.009     Document Type: Article

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