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Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-44568-9 — Active Faults of the World Robert Yeats Index More Information Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-44568-9 — Active Faults of the World Robert Yeats Index More Information Index Abancay Deflection, 201, 204–206, 223 Allmendinger, R. W., 206 Abant, Turkey, earthquake of 1957 Ms 7.0, 286 allochthonous terranes, 26 Abdrakhmatov, K. Y., 381, 383 Alpine fault, New Zealand, 482, 486, 489–490, 493 Abercrombie, R. E., 461, 464 Alps, 245, 249 Abers, G. A., 475–477 Alquist-Priolo Act, California, 75 Abidin, H. Z., 464 Altay Range, 384–387 Abiz, Iran, fault, 318 Alteriis, G., 251 Acambay graben, Mexico, 182 Altiplano Plateau, 190, 191, 200, 204, 205, 222 Acambay, Mexico, earthquake of 1912 Ms 6.7, 181 Altunel, E., 305, 322 Accra, Ghana, earthquake of 1939 M 6.4, 235 Altyn Tagh fault, 336, 355, 358, 360, 362, 364–366, accreted terrane, 3 378 Acocella, V., 234 Alvarado, P., 210, 214 active fault front, 408 Álvarez-Marrón, J. M., 219 Adamek, S., 170 Amaziahu, Dead Sea, fault, 297 Adams, J., 52, 66, 71–73, 87, 494 Ambraseys, N. N., 226, 229–231, 234, 259, 264, 275, Adria, 249, 250 277, 286, 288–290, 292, 296, 300, 301, 311, 321, Afar Triangle and triple junction, 226, 227, 231–233, 328, 334, 339, 341, 352, 353 237 Ammon, C. J., 464 Afghan (Helmand) block, 318 Amuri, New Zealand, earthquake of 1888 Mw 7–7.3, 486 Agadir, Morocco, earthquake of 1960 Ms 5.9, 243 Amurian Plate, 389, 399 Age of Enlightenment, 239 Anatolia Plate, 263, 268, 292, 293 Agua Blanca fault, Baja California, 107 Ancash, Peru, earthquake of 1946 M 6.3 to 6.9, 201 Aguilera, J., vii, 79, 138, 189 Ancón fault, Venezuela, 166 Airy, G. B., 335 Andaman Sea spreading center, 454 Aitken, T., 161 Anderson, H., 490 Akwapim, Ghana, fault zone, 235 Anderson, J. G., 117 Akyüz, H. S., 287 Anderson, R. E., 128 Al Gaddaheya, Libya, earthquake of 1935 M 7.1, 236 Andreani, L., 147, 159, 186 Al Hoceima, Morocco, earthquake of 1994 Mw 6.0, 244 Andreanof, Aleutians, earthquake of 1957 Mw 8.7, 30, 31 Al Hoceima, Morocco, earthquake of 2004 Mw 6.4, 244 Anegada Passage graben, 153 Alaniz-Álvarez, S. A., 148, 182 Anjar, India, earthquake of 1956 Mw 6.1, 338 Alaska Peninsula earthquake of 1938 Mw 8.2, 31 Ansei, Japan, earthquakes of 1854, 395 Albertine Rift, Africa, 228 Antarctica Plate, 192, 218 Alborz Mountains, Iran, 308, 309, 311, 313, 314 antecedent stream, 15 Aleutian fault zone, 401, 402 Anti-Lebanon Range, 294, 301 Aleutian subduction zone, 22, 23, 25, 27, 30, 32, 34, 76, Antofagasta, Chile, subduction-zone earthquake of 77, 401 1995, 209 Aleutian trench, 26 Anza seismic gap, San Jacinto fault, California, 103, Algeciras fault, Colombia, 196, 198 142 Al Ghab Basin, Syria, 294, 304 Aoki, Y., 428 Al-Heety, E. A., 236 Apel, E., 341 Ali, S. Y., 151 Apennines, 244, 246, 248 Allah Bund, India, earthquake of 1819 Mw ≥ 7.5, 336, Appelgate, T. B., 259 337, 390 Apsheron Sill, Caspian Sea, 311 Allen, C. R., 82, 100, 103, 360–362, 450, 451, 470 Apulia, 271, 277 Allen, M. B., 311 Apulian platform, 244, 249 600 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-44568-9 — Active Faults of the World Robert Yeats Index More Information 601 Index Araba fault, Dead Sea Transform, 297 Banda Arc, Indonesia, 326, 466 Arabasz, W., 207 Baranowski, J., 348 Arabia Plate, 225, 227, 263, 294 Barazangi, M., 190 Argus, D. F., 85, 89, 92, 94, 96, 115, 121, 124, 140 Barbados accretionary prism, 159, 161, 163 Arica Bight, Perú–Chile, 191, 203, 206, 207 Barckhausen, U., 170 Arima–Takatsugi Tectonic Line, Japan, 430 Bari Gad fault, 359 Armijo, R., 207–209, 214, 222, 272, 273, 280, 289, Barka, A., 279, 285–290, 307, 321 354, 356, 357, 359 Barnes, G. L., 397 Arpat, E., 292 Barnes, P.M., 486, 488, 489 Arrowsmith, R., 96, 98 Barracuda, Tiburón, ridge, 163 Arthur’s Pass, New Zealand, earthquake of 1929 Ms Barrientos, S. E., 135, 214 7.0, 486 Basel, Switzerland earthquake of 1356 Mw 6.9, 251 Arvin–Tehachapi (Kern County), California, Basin and Range normal-fault province, U. S., Mexico, earthquake of 1952 Mw 7.3, 118 79, 125, 130–135, 179 Asal Rift, 233 Basin-and-Range horst-and-graben topography, aseismic front, 407 Guatemala–Honduras, 158 Ashi, J., 416 Bastías, H. E., 211 Ashkabad, Turkmenistan, earthquake of 1948 Bautista, B. C., 468 Ms 7.2, 311 Bawden, G. W., 119, 140 Assaluyeh trend, Iran, 320 Beanland, S., 125, 491 Assam earthquake of 1950 M 8.4, 353, 354 Beck, J. L., 139 Assumpção, M., 219, 257 Becker, A., 251 Atacama fault, Chile, 207, 208, 209 Beijing faults, 377 Atakan, K., 290, 321 Bell, J. W., 125, 128, 132 Atera fault, 434 Bell, R. E., 273 Athens earthquake of 1999 Mw 5.9, 277, 323–324 Bellahsen, N., 233 Atrato–Uraba fault, 167, 170 Bellier, O., 201, 454, 456, 472 Atushi, Xinjiang, earthquake of 1902 Ms 8.3, 382 Ben-Avraham, Z., 294, 300 Atwater, B. F., 45, 51, 54, 60, 216, 217 Bendick, R., 335, 366 Atwater, T., 19, 23, 84, 117 Benedetti, L. C., 246 Audemard, F. A., 164, 166 Benetatos, C., 249 Aung, T. T., 344, 392 Bengal fan, 457 Aurelio, M. A., 470 Benham Rise, 469 Avagyan, A., 307 Benioff, H., 397 Avezzano (Fucino), Italy, normal-fault earthquake of Ben-Menahem, A., 298–301, 303, 306, 322 1915 of M 7.0, 248 Bennett, R. A., 249 Avouac, J.-P., 381, 384, 449 Bentor, Y.K., 300 Awatere fault earthquake of 1848 of Mw 7.5, 486 Berberian, M., 309–320, 327 Awatere fault, New Zealand, 486 Berger, A. L., 29 Azores Oblique Spreading Center, 237 Bering Microplate, 25, 37 Azores triple junction, 225, 237, 238, 260 Bernard, P., 161, 163 Beroza, G. C., 416 Babb, S., 166 Berryman, K. R., 483–486, 489, 490 Baby, P., 204, 210 Besana, G. M., 469 Badawi, A., 234 Betic Cordillera, Spain, 241, 242 Baffin Bay, Canada, earthquake 1933 M 7.3, 72 Beyer, L. A., 114 Bahama carbonate platform, 147, 150, 184 Bezerra, F. H.R., 220, 219 Baikal Rift, 138, 385, 387–389, 399 Bezzeghoud, M., 244 Muya earthquake of 1957 M 7.8, 389 Bhuj, India, earthquake of 2001 Mw 7.6, 337, Tsagan earthquake of 1862 M ~ 7, 389 338, 389 Baja California and Gulf of California, 116–118 Biak earthquake of 1996 Mw 8, 473 Baker, D. M., 348, 350, 351 Biasi, G. P., 98, 142 Bakun, W. H., 58, 67, 68, 94 Big Bear, California, left-lateral strike-slip earthquake Balakot–Bagh fault, Pakistan, 352, 353 of 1992 Mw 6.2, 123 Baljinnyam, I., 385, 387 Big Pine fault, California, 110, 120 Balkhan Sill, Caspian Sea, 311 Biggs, J., 230 Bam, Iran, earthquake of 2003 Mw 6.6, 317, 327 Bilek, S. L., 454 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-44568-9 — Active Faults of the World Robert Yeats Index More Information 602 Index Bilham, R., 327, 329, 332, 334, 337, 338, 354, 390 Bucaramanga Nest, Colombia, 166 Bilila–Mtakataka, Malawi, normal fault, 230 Bucaramanga slab, 194 Bingöl, Turkey, earthquake of 1971 Ms 6.9, 291, 292 Bucharest, Romania, earthquake of 1977 M 7.2, 267 Bird, P., 457 Bucknam, R. C., 60 Birkeland, P.W., 16 Bufe, C. G., 139 Bischke, R. E., 468, 470 Bull, W. B., 489 Bitlis Suture, 225, 263, 318 Bulnay, Mongolia, earthquake of 1905 M 8.2, 386 Bjarnason, I. T., 258 Burbank, D. W., 15 Bjorklund, T., 104, 105, 144 Burkart, B., 158 Blackwell, D. D., 57 Burke, K., 146, 154, 155, 236 Blakely, R. J., 57, 60 Burrato, P., 251 Blisniuk, K., 103 Buwalda, J. P., 118 Blizzard Creek, Alaska, volcanic center, 29, 77 Büyük Menderes graben, Turkey, 277 Blue Cut fault, California, 121 Byrne, D. E., 332–334 Blue Mountains, Jamaica, restraining bend, 154 Bo’in Zahra, Iran, earthquake of 1962 Mw 7.0, 313 Cabrera, J., 205 Boatwright, J., 87 Cadet, J. P., 399 Boconó fault, Venezuela, 96, 148, 164–167 Cajamarca deflection, 201 Bodin, P., 338 Cakir, Z., 244 body waves and surface waves, 6 Calabria, Italy earthquakes of 1638 M 6.6 – 6.8, 247 Bogd fault, Mongolia, 386, 387 Calabria, Italy, earthquake of 1783, 247 Bohoyo, F., 193, 217 Calabrian subduction zone, 239, 244, 265, 325 Bollinger, G. A., 66, 70, 71 Calais, E., 70, 150, 156, 188, 229, 378 Bolt, B. A., 8, 139 Calaveras fault, California, 86, 92, 94 Bolu–Gerede, Turkey, earthquake of 1994 Ms 7.3, 285 Çalderan, Turkey, earthquake of 1976 M 7.3, 309 Bonilla, M. G., 443 California Continental Borderland, 98, 103, 107, 118 bookshelf tectonics, 26, 39, 76, 499 Camacho, E., 146, 169, 184 Borah Peak, Idaho, earthquake of 1983 Mw 6.9, 125, 135 Camelbeeck, T., 253 Borissoff, B. A., 310 Caminade, J.-P., 479 Borjomi–Kazbeg fault, Caucasus, 307, 309 Camino de Cruces offset, Panamá, 169 Borrego Mountain, California, earthquake of 1968 Campania–Lucania, Italy, earthquake of 1980 Ms Mw 6.5, 102 6.9, 248 Boschi, E., 248 Campbell, N. D., 64 Boso Peninsula, Japan, 426 Canal de Ballenas transform fault, Gulf of California, 117 Botros, M., 47 Cannon, E. C., 497 Bourmerdes–Zemmouri, Algeria, earthquake of 2003 Canora, C., 174, 184 Mw 6.8, 243 Cape Ann, Massachusetts, earthquake of 1755 M Bowers Ridge, 25 5.9–6.0, 71 Brankman, C. M., 107, 144 Cape Ashizuri marine terraces, Japan, 419 Branner, J. C., 80, 220 Cape Mendocino, California, earthquake of 1992, 50, Braunmiller, J., 42, 47, 58, 75, 133, 323 54, 64 Brawley seismic zone, California, 83, 101, 116 Cape St.
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