Seismic reflection imaging of active offshore faults in the Gulf of Corinth: Their seismotectonic signifcance

Basin Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 487-502

  Stefatos, A ^a   Papatheodorou, G ^a   Ferentinos, G ^a   Leeder, M ^b   Collier, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; DEFORMATION; FAULT; GRABEN; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMOTECTONICS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0036907359     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.2002.00176.x     Document Type: Article

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