The Gulf of Cádiz: thrusting or strike-slip motion?

In the Gulf of Cádiz (SW Iberian Peninsula) the boundary between Eurasia and Nubia plates corresponds to a narrow band well defined by the seismicity, where large earthquakes (M>7.0) may be associated to N-S to NNW-SSE horizontal compression due to the convergence between the two plates. Most of...

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Main Author: Bezzeghoud, M. (author)
Other Authors: Buforn, E. (author), Caldeira, B. (author), Pro, M.C. (author), Borges, J.F. (author), Udías, A. (author)
Format: lecture
Language:por
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10174/6275
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/6275