First-order regional seismotectonic model for South Africa

Natural Hazards

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 383-400

  Singh, Mayshree ^a   Kijko, Andrzej ^b   Durrheim, Ray ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Seismicity; Seismotectonic model; South Africa; Zonation

Indexed keywords

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; ESCARPMENT; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MINING; NEOTECTONICS; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY; TECTONIC SETTING; TREND ANALYSIS; ZONATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 80052281872     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9762-3     Document Type: Article

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