Evidence for Holocene palaeoseismicity along the Basel-Reinach active normal fault (Switzerland): A Seismic source for the 1356 earthquake in the Upper Rhine graben

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 554-572

  Ferry, Matthieu ^a   Meghraoui, Mustapha ^b   Delouis, Bertrand ^a,c   Giardini, Domenico ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Basel; Palaeoseismicity; Upper Rhine graben

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT SLIP; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; HOLOCENE; PALEOSEISMICITY;

BASEL-STADT; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; RHINE GRABEN; SWITZERLAND; WORLD;

EID: 15044359251     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02404.x     Document Type: Article

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