Active strike-slip faulting in the Chablais area (NW Alps) from earthquake focal mechanisms and relative locations

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-199

  Delacou, Bastien ^a   Deichmann, Nicholas ^b   Sue, Christian ^a   Thouvenot, François ^c   Champagnac, Jean Daniel ^a   Burkhard, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Active faulting; Chablais; Prealpes; Relative location; Seismotectonics; Western Alps

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE; FOCAL MECHANISM; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 30444449182     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-005-1159-4     Document Type: Article

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