Seismic and electrical anisotropy in the Mornos delta, Gulf of Corinth, Greece, and its relationship with GPS strain measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 2227-2230

  Bernard, P ^a   Chouliaras, G ^b   Tzanis, A ^c   Briole, P ^a   Bouin, M P ^a   Tellez, J ^d   Stavrakakis, G ^b   Makropoulos, K ^c  

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

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOGRAPHS; SEISMOLOGY; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TECTONICS;

SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING;

EARTHQUAKES;

ANISOTROPY; EARTHQUAKE; GPS; MAGNETOTELLURIC SOUNDING; SHEAR WAVE SPLITTING; STRAIN;

GREECE, GULF OF CORINTH, MORNOS DELTA;

EID: 0031225135     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02102     Document Type: Article

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