Seismological and GPS evidence for the Aegean-Anatolia interaction

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2653-2656

  Papazachos, C B ^a  

^a Inst Eng Seismol Earthquake E   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; TECTONICS; VELOCITY; DEFORMATION; RIGID STRUCTURES;

AEGEAN-ANATOLIA INTERACTION; NORTH ANATOLIA FAULT; AVERAGE VELOCITY; DEFORMATION PATTERN; DEFORMATION VELOCITY; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; EULER POLES; PLATE MOTIONS; RIGID BODY ROTATION; SEISMOTECTONIC SETTINGS;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMOLOGY;

GPS; PLATE MOTION; SEISMOLOGY;

AEGEAN SEA; ANATOLIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TURKEY;

EID: 0033377491     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900411     Document Type: Article

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