Stress change over short geological time: The case of Scandinavia over 9000 years since the Ice Age

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 316, Issue , 2009, Pages 173-178

  Gregersen, Soren ^a   Voss, Peter ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

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Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GEOLOGICAL TIME; HISTORICAL RECORD; ICE CAP; LIQUEFACTION; MICROEARTHQUAKE; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLATE MOTION; PLEISTOCENE; SEISMOLOGY; STRESS CHANGE; TECTONIC SETTING;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREENLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 70349179400     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP316.10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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