Rupture zones in the Aegean region

Tectonophysics

Volumn 308, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 205-221

  Papazachos, B C ^a   Papaioannou, C A ^b   Papazachos, C B ^b   Savvaidis, A S ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Inst Eng Seismol Earthquake E   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean area; Macroseismic data; Rupture zones; Stress field

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULTING; SEISMICITY;

GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TURKEY;

EID: 0032713190     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00073-6     Document Type: Article

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