A record of long-time rift activity and earthquake-induced ground effects in Pleistocene deposits of southern Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain)

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 147-159

  Buchner, Elmar ^a   Kröchert, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Open fractures; Paleoearthquake; Pleistocene; Rhizocretions; Rift activity; Tenerife

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; DEPOSITS; FAULTING; FRACTURE; GROUND EFFECT; INDUCED SEISMICITY;

CANARY ISLANDS; PALEOEARTHQUAKE; PLEISTOCENE; RHIZOCRETIONS; TENERIFE;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; FAULT; FOSSIL; FRACTURE ZONE; GROUND MOTION; HOLOCENE; IGNIMBRITE; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOSEISMICITY; RIFTING; SEISMOLOGY; SITE EFFECT;

CANARY ISLANDS; COSTA RICA; NICOYA PENINSULA; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

EID: 74349121586     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-009-9074-0     Document Type: Article

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