Liquefaction, ground fissures and coastline change during the Egio earthquake (15 June 1995; Central-Western Greece)

Terra Nova

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 648-654

  Lekkas, E ^a   Lozios, S ^a   Skourtsos, E ^a   Kranis, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTLINE CHANGE; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EGIO EARTHQUAKE 1995; FISSURE; GROUND FISSURING; LIQUEFACTION; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY;

GREECE, PELOPONNESSOS, EGIO;

EID: 0030403506     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.1996.tb00793.x     Document Type: Article

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