An Alternative Method for a Reliable Estimation of Seismicity with an Application in Greece and the Surrounding Area

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 111-119

  Papazachos, C ^a  

^a Institute of Engineering Seismology and Earthquake Engineering Thessaloniki   (Greece)

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