Earthquake-induced deformation structures in lake deposits: A Late Pleistocene to Holocene paleoseismic record for Central Switzerland

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 343-362

  Monecke, Katrin ^a,f   Anselmetti, Flavio S ^b   Becker, Arnfried ^c   Schnellmann, Michael ^b,e   Sturm, Michael ^d   Giardini, Domenico ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c EAWAG ^*  (Switzerland)

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^e NAGRA   (Switzerland)

^f KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Switzerland; Earthquake induced sediment deformation; Holocene; Lake deposits; Late pleistocene; Paleoseismology

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; HISTORICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLEISTOCENE; SEISMIC HAZARD;

BASEL; BASEL-STADT; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 39449097943     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-006-1193-x     Document Type: Article

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