Active deformation in the eastern Swiss Alps: Post-glacial faults, seismicity and surface uplift

Tectonophysics

Volumn 385, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 59-84

  Persaud, M ^a   Pfiffner, O A ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Active faulting; Active seismicity; Active tectonics; Eastern Swiss Alps; Geomorphology; Post glacial tectonics; Surface uplift

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; POSTGLACIAL REBOUND; SEISMICITY; UPLIFT;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 3242733315     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.04.020     Document Type: Article

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