Earthquake mechanisms in the Hellenic Trench near Crete

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 695-731

  Taymaz, T ^a   Jackson, J ^a   Westaway, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crete; earthquakes; faulting; Hellenic Trench; Mediterranean; subduction

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE RATE; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT PLANE SOLUTION; FOCAL DEPTH; FOCAL MECHANISM; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION;

MEDITERRANEAN, HELLENIC TRENCH;

EID: 0025660711     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1990.tb04590.x     Document Type: Article

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