Active tectonics of the Pyrenees: A review;Revisión de la tectónica activa de los pirineos

Journal of Iberian Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-33

  Lacan, P ^a,b   Ortuno M ^a,c  

^a CENTRO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Geodynamics; Isostatic compensation of erosion; Neotectonics; Seismogenetic sources; Stress field

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EROSION; FAULTING; GEODYNAMICS; ISOSTASY; LITERATURE REVIEW; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; SEISMOLOGY; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS FIELD; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

PYRENEES;

EID: 84861780678     PISSN: 16986180     EISSN: 18867995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5209/rev_JIGE.2012.v38.n1.39203     Document Type: Review

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