Paleoseismology of the mejillones fault, northern Chile: Insights from cosmogenic 10Be and optically stimulated luminescence determinations

Tectonics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Cortes A J ^a,b   González L , Gabriel ^a   Binnie, S A ^c,d   Robinson, R ^e   Freeman, S P H T ^f   Vargas E , G ^g  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^f SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^g DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; EARTHQUAKES; LUMINESCENCE; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRATIGRAPHY;

CENTIMETER-SCALE; FAULT ACTIVITY; FAULT EVOLUTION; HILLSLOPE DEPOSITS; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; PALEOSEISMOLOGY; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; SUBDUCTION EARTHQUAKES;

FAULT SLIPS;

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; FAULT SLIP; HILLSLOPE; LOGGING (GEOPHYSICS); LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLATE TECTONICS; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION;

CHILE;

EID: 84861357931     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011TC002877     Document Type: Article

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