Crustal structure of the Gulf of Corinth in Central Greece, determined from magnetotelluric soundings

Annali di Geofisica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-67

  Chouliaras, Gerasimos ^a   Pham, Van Ngoc ^b   Boyer, Daniele ^b   Bernard, Pascal ^b   Stavrakakis, George N ^a  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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

Author keywords

Corinth Gulf; Crustal structure earthquake; Electrical properties; Magnetotelluric method

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; MAGNETOTELLURIC SOUNDING;

GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN, GULF OF CORINTH;

EID: 0031448649     PISSN: 03652556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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