The significance of giant seismites in the Plio-Pleistocene Baza palaeo-lake (S Spain)

Terra Nova

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 172-179

  Alfaro, Pedro ^a   Gibert, Luis ^b   Moretti, Massimo ^c   García Tortosa, Francisco J ^d   Sanz de Galdeano, Carlos ^e   Galindo Zaldívar, Jesús ^f   López Garrido, Ángel C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FACIES; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEISMITE;

ANDALUCIA; BAZA BASIN; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; SPAIN;

EID: 77954204703     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2010.00930.x     Document Type: Article

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