What Caused the Great Lisbon Earthquake?
What Caused the Great Lisbon Earthquake?
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是什么导致了里斯本大地震?
DOI:
10.1126/science.1101351
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发表时间:
2004
期刊:
影响因子:
56.9
通讯作者:
L. Matias
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文献类型:
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作者:
J. Duarte;F. Rosas;P. Terrinha;M. Gutscher;J. Malavieille;Sónia Silva;L. Matias
In 1755, the great Lisbon earthquake (estimated magnitude 8.7) killed 60,000 people in southern Iberia and northwest Morocco and generated a 5- to 10-m-high tsunami wave. In his Perspective,
Gutscher
discusses the current research on the tectonic source of the earthquake. Recent evidence suggests that an eastward-dipping subduction zone beneath Gibraltar may have caused the earthquake. Though no interplate earthquakes have been recorded here, evidence from mud volcanoes, seismic images of deformed sediments, and heat flow data suggest that subduction is active and that the seismogenic fault zone may be locked. Numerous cruises planned in 2004 and 2005 may help to provide a definitive answer.