Paleoseismologic investigation of the fault rupture of the 14 April 1928 Chirpan earthquake (M 6.8), southern Bulgaria

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Vanneste, Kris ^a   Radulov, A ^b   De Martini, P ^c   Nikolov, G ^b   Petermans, T ^a   Verbeeck, K ^a   Camelbeeck, T ^a   Pantosti, D ^c   Dimitrov, D ^d   Shanov, S ^b  

^a ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Bulgaria)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; PALEOSEISMICITY;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33644694620     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003814     Document Type: Article

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