Evidence for a seafloor rupture of the Carboneras Fault Zone (southern Spain): Relation to the 1522 Almería earthquake?

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-26

  Reicherter, Klaus ^a   Hübscher, Christian ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Offshore paleoseismology; Sea floor rupture; Tsunami potential; Western mediterranean

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT ZONE; HOLOCENE; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEISMICITY; SEISMOLOGY; TSUNAMI;

ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33846994777     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-006-9024-0     Document Type: Article

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