Seismic fault geometry and kinematics of the 13 May 1995 western Macedonia (Greece) earthquake

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 26, Issue 2-4, 1998, Pages 175-196

  Mountrakis, D ^a   Pavlides, S ^a   Zouros, N ^a   Astaras, Th ^a   Chatzipetros, A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT GEOMETRY; FRACTURE MECHANISM;

GREECE, MACEDONIA, KOZANI-GREVENA;

EID: 0032190213     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-3707(97)00082-3     Document Type: Article

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