The 1953 earthquake in Cephalonia (Western Hellenic Arc): coastal uplift and halotectonic faulting

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 834-849

  Stiros, S C ^a   Pirazzoli, P A ^b   Laborel, J ^c   Laborel Deguen F ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL EXPLORATION   (Greece)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

biological mean sea level; Cephalonia; crustal anisotropy; earthquake; evaporites; palaeoseismic event; raised beaches; salt tectonics; thrust sheets

Indexed keywords

CEPHALONIA EARTHQUAKE 1953; HALOTECTONIC FAULTING; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL VARIATION; SOURCE MECHANISM; UPLIFT;

GREECE, CEPHALONIA;

EID: 0028259776     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1994.tb02474.x     Document Type: Article

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