Palaeoseismology of the Vilariça segment of the Manteigas-Bragança fault in northeastern Portugal

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 316, Issue , 2009, Pages 237-258

  Rockwell, Thomas ^a   Fonseca, João ^b   Madden, Chris ^a   Dawson, Tim ^a,c   Owen, Lewis A ^d   Vilanova, Susana ^b   Figueiredo, Paula ^b,e  

^a Earth Consultants International   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c CALIFORNIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; PULL APART BASIN; RETURN PERIOD; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMOLOGY; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING;

DOURO RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349173409     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP316.15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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