New evidence for large earthquakes on the Central Iran plateau: Palaeoseismology of the Anar fault

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-18

  Foroutan, M ^a,b,c   Sebrier M ^b,c   Nazari, H ^a   Meyer, B ^b,c   Fattahi, M ^d,e,f   Rashidi, A ^a   Le Dortz, K ^b,c,g   Bateman, M D ^e  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Continental tectonics: strike slip and transform; Geomorphology; Palaeoseismology; Seismicity and tectonics; Tectonics and landscape evolution

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENES; INTERNAL DEFORMATION; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; PALAEOSEISMOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; RIGID BLOCK; SEISMIC EVENT; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SEISMIC RECORDS; SLIP RATES; TIME INTERVAL;

EARTHQUAKES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; TECTONICS;

TRANSFORM FAULTS;

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; FAULT ZONE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GULLY; HOLOCENE; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLATEAU; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMOLOGY; SLIP RATE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONICS;

IRAN;

EID: 84858616091     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05365.x     Document Type: Article

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