Seismological and field observations from the 1990 November 6 Furg (Hormozgan) earthquake: A rare case of surface rupture in the Zagros mountains of Iran

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 567-579

  Walker, Richard T ^a,d   Andalibi, M J ^b   Gheitanchi, M R ^c   Jackson, J A ^a   Karegar, S ^b   Priestley, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aftershocks; Furg (Hormozgan) earthquake; Iran; Seismology; Surface rupture; Zagros

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; SEISMOLOGY; THRUST FAULT;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; ZAGROS;

EID: 33745280089     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02731.x     Document Type: Article

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