Great and old earthquakes against great and old paradigms ─ paradoxes, historical roots, alternative answers

The similarity of the vertical displacements shown by case-history extreme-magnitude earthquakes are scrutinised (Chile 1960, Alaska 1964, Sumatra 2004, ...). A common interpretation – an uprising of lithospheric material – can be found, which is supported by the irregularities o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: G. Scalera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2008-01-01
Series:Advances in Geosciences
Online Access:http://www.adv-geosci.net/14/41/2008/adgeo-14-41-2008.pdf