Barriers on seismogenic faults in Central Greece

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 119-135

  Poulimenos, George ^a   Doutsos, Theodor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERITY; SEISMICITY; SEISMOGENIC FAULT;

GREECE;

EID: 0030450634     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0264-3707(96)00006-3     Document Type: Article

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