Paleoearthquakes of the past 30,000 years along the North Tehran Fault (Iran)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Ritz, J F ^a   Nazari, H ^a,b   Balescu, S ^c   Lamothe, M ^d   Salamati, R ^b   Ghassemi, A ^b   Shafei, A ^b   Ghorashi, M ^b   Saidi, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

^c Lille 3 University   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMOLOGY; THRUST FAULT;

ALBORZ; IRAN; KARAJ; TEHRAN [IRAN];

EID: 84862279195     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009147     Document Type: Article

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