Insights into active deformation in the Gulf of Cadiz from new 3-D seismic and high-resolution bathymetry data

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Crutchley, Gareth J ^a   Berndt, Christian ^a,b   Klaeschen, Dirk ^a   Masson, Doug G ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 D seismic imaging; Gravitational sliding; Gulf of Cadiz; Lisbon Earthquake; Pull apart basin

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; EARTHQUAKES; TECTONICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; DEFORMATION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; TRANSFORM FAULTS;

GRAVITATIONAL SLIDING; GULF OF CADIZ; LISBON EARTHQUAKE; PULL-APART BASIN; SEISMIC IMAGING; ACTIVE DEFORMATION; GEOMETRICAL RELATIONSHIP; HIGH-RESOLUTION BATHYMETRIES; PULL-APART; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING;

DEFORMATION; FAULT SLIPS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; PLATE BOUNDARY; PULL APART BASIN; SEISMIC DATA; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; BATHYMETRY; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; PLATE TECTONICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LISBON; PORTUGAL;

EID: 79960789724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003576     Document Type: Article

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