Recent tectoni model for the upper Tagus Basin (central Spain);Modelo tectónico reciente de la cuenca alta del tajo (parte central Española)

Journal of Iberian Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-132

  Giner Robles, J L ^a   Perez Lopez R ^b   Silva, P G ^c   Jimenez Diaz A ^d   Rodriguez Pascua M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Central Spain; Focal mechanisms; Paleoseismicity; Pleistocene; Seismotectonics; Tagus basin

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; FLEXURE; FOCAL MECHANISM; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; KINEMATICS; LIQUEFACTION; LITHOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOSEISMICITY; PALEOZOIC; QUATERNARY; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; REVERSE FAULT; RIVER BASIN; STRESS FIELD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

JARAMA RIVER; SPAIN; TAGUS BASIN; TAGUS RIVER;

EID: 84861761654     PISSN: 16986180     EISSN: 18867995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5209/rev_JIGE.2012.v38.n1.39208     Document Type: Article

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