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Publications tagged with [fault slip rate]

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LOW SLIP-RATE FAULTS AROUND BIG CITIES: A CHALLENGING THREAT. THE AFINDAI FAULT AS A CASE STUDY FOR THE CITY OF ATHENS (2008)

Papanikolaou I. D. , Papanikolaou D. I. et al.

<p>Low slip-rate faults tend to have large recurrence intervals and are usually regarded that they represent a low hazard probability. However, when these faults neighboring a large city, the risk becomes high. The Afidnai fault is a low slip-rate fault that ...

Filed under: Earthquake Engineering - Seismology & Earthquakes

Reference: The 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering October 12-17, 2008, Beijing, China

PRELIMINARY PALEOSEISMOLOGICAL RESULTS FROM KAPARELLI FAULT(CENTRAL GREECE): EVIDENCE OF SEISMIC EVENTS FOR THE PAST 10.000 YEARS (2007)

Kokkalas S. , Pavlides S. B. et al.

In this paper is presented the preliminary paleoseismological trenching results of the active Kaparelli Fault (KF), which ruptured the surface during the 1981 Gulf of Corinth earthquake sequence. The aim of this study is to better understand the past earthquake ...

Filed under: Earthquake Engineering - Seismology & Earthquakes

Reference: Hellenic Journal of Geosciences, vol. 42, 65-74

SEISMIC CYCLE AND RHEOLOGICAL EFFECTS ON ESTIMATION OF PRESENT-DAY SLIPRATES FOR THE AGUA BLANCA AND SAN MIGUEL-VALLECITOS FAULTS, NORTHERNBAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO (2002)

Dixon T. H. , Decaix J. et al.

In this paper is examined the sensitivity of fault slip rate estimates to assumed rheology for the Agua Blanca and San Miguel-Vallecitos faults in northern Baja California, Mexico, part of the Pacific-North America plate boundary zone.

Filed under: Geology - Structural geology

Reference: JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 107, NO. B10, 2002