A pockmark field in the Patras Gulf (Greece) and its activation during the 14/7/93 seismic event

Marine Geology

Volumn 130, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 333-344

  Hasiotis, T ^a   Papatheodorou, G ^a   Kastanos, N ^a   Ferentinos, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; GAS SEEPAGES; GAS VENTING; POCK MARKS; POCKMARK FIELD; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

GREECE, PATRAS GULF; IONIAN SEA, GULF OF PATRAS;

EID: 0029750487     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(95)00131-x     Document Type: Article

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