Seismotectonic, rupture process, and earthquake-hazard aspects of the 2003 December 26 Bam, Iran, earthquake

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1270-1292

  Jackson, Jackson ^a   Bouchon, M ^b   Fielding, E ^a,c   Funning, G ^d,e   Ghorashi, M ^f   Hatzfeld, D ^b   Nazari, H ^f   Parsons, B ^d   Priestley, K ^a   Talebian, M ^f   Tatar, M ^g   Walker, R ^d   Wright, T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

^g INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING AND SEISMOLOGY IIEES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Active faulting; Continental tectonics; Earthquakes; InSAR; Iran; Seismology

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; BAM EARTHQUAKE 2003; RUPTURE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ASIA; BAM; EURASIA; IRAN; KERMAN [IRAN]; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33747592368     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03056.x     Document Type: Article

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