Earthquake mechanisms of the Adriatic Sea and Western Greece: Implications for the oceanic subduction-continental collision transition

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 559-594

  Baker, Calum ^a,d   Hatzfeld, Denis ^a   Lyon Caen, Hélène ^b   Papadimitriou, Elephteria ^c   Rigo, Alexis ^b,e  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

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

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

Author keywords

Adriatic sea; Continental collision; Earthquake mechanisms; Oceanic subduction; Western greece

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; EARTHQUAKE; FOCAL MECHANISM; SUBDUCTION;

GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA, ADRIATIC SEA;

EID: 0031413551     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb06600.x     Document Type: Article

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