Late Quaternary kinematics, slip-rate and segmentation of a major Cordillera-parallel transcurrent fault: The Cayambe-Afiladores-Sibundoy system, NW South America

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 664-680

  Tibaldi, A ^a   Rovida, A ^b   Corazzato, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active fault; Colombia; Ecuador; Seismicity; Slip rate calculation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CRUSTAL SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY; SLIP-RATE CALCULATION; TRANSCURRENT FAULT;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; EARTHQUAKES; LANDFORMS; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FIELD METHOD; FOCAL MECHANISM; PLATE TECTONICS; QUATERNARY; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

COLOMBIA; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34247159900     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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