Refining the OSL age of the last earthquake on the Dheshir fault, Central Iran

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 286-292

  Fattahi, M ^a,b,c   Nazari, H ^d   Bateman, M D ^c   Meyer, B ^e   Sebrier M ^e   Talebian, M ^d   Le Dortz, K ^e   Foroutan, M ^d   Ahmadi Givi, F ^a   Ghorashi, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Fault slip rate; Iran; Luminescence dating; Seismic hazard

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; FAULT SLIP; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SLIP RATE;

IRAN;

EID: 77949271575     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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