The quest for the Africa-Eurasia plate boundary west of the Strait of Gibraltar

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 280, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 13-50

  Zitellini, N ^a   Gracia E ^b   Matias, L ^c   Terrinha, P ^d   Abreu, M A ^e   De Alteriis, G ^f   Henriet, J P ^g   Danobeitia J J ^b   Masson, D G ^h   Mulder, T ⁱ   Ramella, R ^j   Somoza, L ^k   Diez, S ^b  

^a ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^b CSIC Unidad de Tecnologia Marina UTM   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d INETI   (Portugal)

^e Estrutura de Missão para a Extensão da Plataforma Continental ^*  (Portugal)

^f CNR   (Italy)

^g GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^h NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^j ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^k INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Africa Eurasia plate boundary; Great Lisbon Earthquake; Gulf of Cadiz; Iberia; Nubia

Indexed keywords

AFRICA-EURASIA PLATE BOUNDARY; GREAT LISBON EARTHQUAKE; GULF OF CADIZ; IBERIA; NUBIA;

EARTHQUAKES; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; TSUNAMIS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLATE BOUNDARY; SOURCE PARAMETERS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SWATH BATHYMETRY; TSUNAMI;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; GULF OF CADIZ; IBERIAN MARGIN; NUBIA; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 62749129333     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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