Multiarchive paleoseismic record of late Pleistocene and Holocene strong earthquakes in Switzerland

Tectonophysics

Volumn 400, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 153-177

  Becker, Arnfried ^a,c   Ferry, M ^a,d   Monecke, K ^a,b   Schnellmann, M ^b,e   Giardini, D ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c ICG NGI ^*  (Switzerland)

^d UMR 7063   (France)

^e NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Earthquake catalogue; Historic earthquakes; Holocene; Paleoseismicity; Pleistocene; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

PALEOSEISMICITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; WORLD;

EID: 17844375679     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.03.001     Document Type: Article

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