Deep structure, recent deformation and analog modeling of the Gulf of Cadiz accretionary wedge: Implications for the 1755 Lisbon earthquake

Tectonophysics

Volumn 475, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-97

  Gutscher, Marc André ^a   Dominguez, Stephane ^b   Westbrook, Graham K ^c   Leroy, Pascal ^a  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accretionary wedge; Active faults; Crustal structure; Iberia; Morocco

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY WEDGE; ACTIVE FAULTS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; IBERIA; MOROCCO;

BUILDINGS; EARTHQUAKES; LANDFORMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES; TECTONICS;

DEFORMATION;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ACTIVE FAULT; ANALOG MODEL; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SURVEY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; GULF OF CADIZ; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 70349188848     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.11.031     Document Type: Article

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