Repeated folding during late holocene earthquakes on the La Cal thrust fault near Mendoza City (Argentina)

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 2 A, 2013, Pages 936-949

  Salomon, Eric ^a,d   Schmidt, Silke ^a,e   Hetzel, Ralf ^a   Mingorance, Francisco ^b   Hampel, Andrea ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UMR 7063   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSE-GRAINED; ELASTIC STRAIN ENERGY; FAULT RUPTURES; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; LATE HOLOCENE; PLAUSIBLE MECHANISMS; STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS;

EARTHQUAKES; EROSION; STRATIGRAPHY;

FAULTING;

ALLUVIAL FAN; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT SCARP; FAULT ZONE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOLDING; GPS; HOLOCENE; THRUST FAULT; TRENCH; UNCONFORMITY;

ARGENTINA; MENDOZA; PRECORDILLERA;

EID: 84875409552     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120110335     Document Type: Article

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