Recent behavior of the North Anatolian Fault: Insights from an integrated paleoseismological data set

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Fraser, J ^a   Vanneste, K ^a   Hubert Ferrari, A ^a  

^a ROYAL OBSERVATORY OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN PLATE; DATA SET; EARTHQUAKE; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLATE BOUNDARY; RUPTURE; SHEAR STRESS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 77957778888     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006982     Document Type: Article

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