A microseismic study in the western part of the Gulf of Corinth (Greece): Implications for large-scale normal faulting mechanisms

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 663-688

  Rigo, A ^a,e   Lyon Caen, H ^a   Armijo, R ^a   Deschamps, A ^b   Hatzfeld, D ^c   Makropoulos, K ^d   Papadimitriou, P ^d   Kassaras, I ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

Author keywords

Fault plane solutions; Greece; Gulf of Corinth; Microseismicity; Normal faulting

Indexed keywords

DETACHMENT ZONE; NORMAL FAULTING; SEISMICITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

GREECE, GULF OF CORINTH;

EID: 0030452039     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb04697.x     Document Type: Article

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