Present-day dynamics of the Aegean region: A model analysis of the horizontal pattern of stress and deformation

Tectonics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 879-895

  Meijer, P Th ^a   Wortel, M J R ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODETIC SATELLITES; KINEMATICS; STRESSES;

EARTHQUAKE FOCAL MECHANISMS; FAULT KINEMATICS; FORCE DISTRIBUTIONS; HELLENIC SUBDUCTION ZONE; HORIZONTAL MOTION; HORIZONTAL VELOCITY; SATELLITE GEODESY; STRESS AND DEFORMATION;

TECTONICS;

DEFORMATION; NEOTECTONICS; STRESS FIELD;

AEGEAN SEA;

EID: 0031393807     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97TC02004     Document Type: Article

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