Using uplifted Holocene beach berms for paleoseismic analysis on the Santa María Island, south-central Chile

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 15, 2006, Pages

  Bookhagen, B ^a,b   Echtler, H P ^c   Melnick, D ^a,c   Strecker, M R ^a   Spencer, J Q G ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; COASTAL ZONES; EARTHQUAKES; SET THEORY;

BEACH BERMS; EARTHQUAKE CYCLES; STRANDLINE-FORMING EARTHQUAKES;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

BERM; EARTHQUAKE; HOLOCENE; PALEOSEISMICITY; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UPLIFT;

BIO-BIO; CHILE; SANTA MARIA ISLAND; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33751055168     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026734     Document Type: Article

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