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Paleoseismicity of the Pribaikalie

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Results of paleoseismogeological investigations, including trenching carried out over 20 years, are shown. Absolute 14C dates of buried soils and a list of paleoseismic dislocations and paleoevents dated by different methods are also given. Unexpected results obtained for the paleoearthquake magnitude and kinematics of dislocations are discussed.

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    A. V. Chipizubov, O. P. Smekalin, R. M. Semenov & V. S. Imaev

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Chipizubov, O.P. Smekalin, R.M. Semenov, V.S. Imaev, 2010, published in Voprosy Inzhenernoy Seismologii, 2010, pp. 7–22.

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Chipizubov, A.V., Smekalin, O.P., Semenov, R.M. et al. Paleoseismicity of the Pribaikalie. Seism. Instr. 46, 136–151 (2010). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0747923910020040

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