Microseismicity and faulting geometry in the Gulf of Corinth (Greece)

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 438-456

  Hatzfeld, Denis ^a   Karakostas, Vassilis ^b   Ziazia, Maria ^c   Kassaras, Iannis ^c   Papadimitriou, Elephteria ^b   Makropoulos, Kostas ^c   Voulgaris, Nikos ^c   Papaioannou, Christos ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Focal mechanisms; Gulf of Corinth; Microseismicity; Shallow faulting

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; FAULTING; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMICITY;

GREECE;

EID: 0034026878     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00092.x     Document Type: Article

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