Stress coupling between earthquakes in northwest Turkey and the north Aegean Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 24469-24486

  Nalbant, Süleyman S ^a   Hubert, Aurélia ^b   King, Geoffrey C P ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COULOMB CRITERION; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT; STRESS ANALYSIS;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TURKEY;

EID: 0032505853     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb01491     Document Type: Article

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