Special section - Assessment of schemes for earthquake prediction: Costs and benefits of earthquake prediction studies in Greece

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 478-484

  Stiros, Stathis C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Earthquake prediction; Greece

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; SEISMIC HAZARD;

GREECE;

EID: 0031424025     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1997.tb06591.x     Document Type: Article

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