Recent paleoseismic investigations in Northern and Western Thailand

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 957-982

  Fenton, Clark H ^a   Charusiri, Punya ^b   Wood, Spencer H ^c  

^a URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active faulting; Paleoseismicity; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SLIP RATE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 2042460858     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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