Pseudotachylytes from Corsica: Fossil earthquakes from a subduction complex

Terra Nova

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 193-197

  Austrheim, Håkon ^a   Andersen, Torgeir B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; PALEOSEISMICITY; PSEUDOTACHYLITE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

CORSE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 4043103975     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2004.00551.x     Document Type: Article

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