Seismic hazard assessment in the area of Mystras-Sparta, south Peloponnesus, Greece, based on local seismotectonic, seismic, geologic information and on different models of rupture propagation

Natural Hazards

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 237-251

  Papanastassiou, Dimitris ^a  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Active fault; Greece; Rupture pattern; Seismic hazard assessment; Seismotectonics

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARD;

GREECE; MYSTRA-SPARTA; PELOPONNESUS;

EID: 0032318885     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026464415095     Document Type: Article

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