Active tectonics of the north and central Aegean Sea

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 433-490

  Taymaz, Tuncay ^a   Jackson, James ^a   McKenzie, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

continental tectonics; earthquakes; faulting; Greece; kinematics; Mediterranean; Turkey

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; KINEMATICS; SEISMICITY; TECTONICS;

AEGEAN SEA; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TURKEY;

EID: 0026266537     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1991.tb03906.x     Document Type: Article

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