Source processes and seismotectonic implications of the 1995 and 1996 Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean region, earthquakes

Tectonophysics

Volumn 301, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 217-230

  Pinar, Ali ^a   Kalafat, Dogan ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Complex earthquakes; Cyprus; Northeastern Mediterranean region; Source inversion

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; SEISMOTECTONICS; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

CYPRUS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0033616342     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00266-2     Document Type: Article

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