Active strike-slip faulting in El Salvador, Central America

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 989-992

  Corti, Giacomo ^a   Carminati, Eugenio ^b   Mazzarini, Francesco ^c   Garcia, Marvyn Oziel ^d  

^a SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^d LaGeo ^*  (El Salvador)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; El Salvador; Seismic hazard; Strike slip faulting

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TECTONICS; EL SALVADOR; SEISMIC HAZARD; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING; VOLCANIC ARC;

EARTHQUAKES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HAZARDS; KINEMATICS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKE; FOCAL MECHANISM; KINEMATICS; SEISMIC HAZARD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

CENTRAL AMERICA; EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 29144488993     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21992.1     Document Type: Article

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