Some features of aftershock patterns in Greece

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 123-134

  Drakatos, G ^a   Latoussakis, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aftershocks; Earthquake prediction; Greece

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION;

GREECE;

EID: 0030474567     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb05272.x     Document Type: Article

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