Deep soil layers reveal the quake prehistory in central-southern Chile during the last two millenniums;Suelos enterrados revelan la prehistoria sísmica del centro-sur de Chile durante los últimos dos milenios

Revista de Geografia Norte Grande

Volumn , Issue 33, 2005, Pages 19-31

  Cisternas, Marco ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Buried soils; Earthquake; Paleoseismology; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; PALEOSEISMICITY; TSUNAMI;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 22944454233     PISSN: 03798682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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