The tectonic setting and earthquake ground hazards of the 1993 Pyrgos earthquake, Peloponnese, Greece

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-49

  Koukouvelas, I ^a   Mpresiakas, A ^a   Sokos, E ^a   Doutsos, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Graben; Greece; Normal faults; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE HAZARD; GRABEN; NORMAL FAULT; PYRGOS EARTHQUAKE 1993; TECTONIC SETTING; TRANSFER ZONE;

GREECE, PELOPONNESE;

EID: 0029750508     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.153.1.0039     Document Type: Article

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