The active Nea Anchialos Fault System (Central Greece): Comparison of geological, morphotectonic, archaeological and seismological data

Annali di Geofisica

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 557-574

  Caputo, Riccardo ^a,b  

^a Dipartimento di Scienze del Farmaco   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Central Greece; Morphotectonics; Seismicity; Structural geology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002993839     PISSN: 03652556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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