Identification of future earthquake sources in the Carpatho-Balkan orogenic belt using morphostructural criteria

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 79-95

  Gorshkov, A I ^a   Kuznetsov, I V ^a   Panza, G F ^b   Soloviev, A A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION THEORY AND MATHEMATICAL GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Block structure; Carpatho Balkan mountain belt; Criteria of seismicity; Morphostructural zonation

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY; TECTONICS;

BALKANS; CARPATHIANS; EUROPE;

EID: 0034106226     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-8415-0_5     Document Type: Article

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