Soil quality as a factor of the distribution of damages at the meizoseismal area of the Kozani-Grevena 1995 earthquake, in Greece (Ms = 6.6)

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 26, Issue 2-4, 1998, Pages 393-411

  Christaras, B ^a   Dimitriou, An ^a   Lemoni, Hel ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; SOIL PROPERTIES;

GREECE, MACEDONIA, KOZANI-GREVENA;

EID: 0032190198     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-3707(97)00074-4     Document Type: Article

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