Investigation of late Quaternary fault block uplift along the Motagua/Swan Islands fault system: Implications for seismic/tsunami hazard for the Bay of Honduras

Tectonophysics

Volumn 457, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 30-41

  Cox, Randel Tom ^a   Lumsden, David N ^a   Gough, Kevin ^a   Lloyd, Roger ^b   Talnagi, Joseph ^c  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Neotectonics; North American Caribbean plate margin; Paleoseismology; Roatan Island; Western Caribbean

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN PLATE; COASTAL LANDFORM; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HOLOCENE; NEOTECTONICS; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; PALEOSEISMICITY; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SEISMIC HAZARD; TSUNAMI;

CENTRAL AMERICA; HONDURAS; ISLAS DE LA BAHIA; ROATAN;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 49349093002     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.05.014     Document Type: Article

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