Paleoearthquake evidence in Tenerife (Canary Islands) and possible seismotectonic sources

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 149-160

  Gonzalez de Vallejo, L I ^a   Capote, R ^a   Cabrera, L ^b   Insua, J M ^a   Acosta, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Laboratorio COAC   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Paleoliquefaction; Paleosismicity; Seismites; Seismotectonic; Tenerife

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION MEASUREMENT; EARTHQUAKES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LIQUEFACTION; SAND; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

PALEOEARTHQUAKE; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION (PGA); SEISMIC HAZARDS; SEISMIC LIQUEFACTION;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; HOLOCENE; LIQUEFACTION; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TENERIFE; WORLD;

EID: 23344439329     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-004-5883-3     Document Type: Article

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