Active tectonics of the east Alborz mountains, NE Iran: Rupture of the left-lateral Astaneh fault system during the great 856 A.D. Qumis earthquake

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Hollingsworth, James ^a   Nazari, Hamid ^b   Ritz, Jean Franois ^c   Salamati, Reza ^b,c   Talebian, Morteza ^b   Bahroudi, Abbas ^d   Walker, Richard T ^e   Rizza, Magali ^c   Jackson, James ^f  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; ALLUVIAL FAN; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULTING; HOLOCENE; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMOLOGY; SEISMOTECTONICS; SLIP RATE;

ELBURZ; IRAN;

EID: 78650294042     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB007185     Document Type: Article

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