The Azambuja fault: An active structure located in an intraplate basin with significant seismicity (Lower Tagus Valley, Portugal)

The Azambuja fault is a NNE trending structure located 50 km NE of Lisbon, in an area of important historical seismicity. It is sited in the Lower Tagus Basin, a compressive foredeep basin related to tectonic inversion of the Mesozoic Lusitanian Basin in the Miocene. The fault is evident in commerci...

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Main Author: Cabral, J. (author)
Other Authors: Ribeiro, P. (author), Figueiredo, P. (author), Pimentel, N. (author), Martins, A. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2012
Subjects:
active faulting,
neotectonics,
seismotectonics,
Portugal,
Lower Tagus Valley.
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10174/4020
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/4020

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http://hdl.handle.net/10174/4020

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