Mode of strong earthquake recurrence in the central Ionian Islands (Greece): Possible triggering due to Coulomb stress changes generated by the occurrence of previous strong shocks

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 3293-3308

  Papadimitriou, Eleftheria E ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; STRESSES; TECTONICS;

COULOMB FAILURE FUNCTION;

SEISMOLOGY;

AFTERSHOCK; COULOMB CRITERION; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRESS;

GREECE; IONIAN ISLANDS;

EID: 0036946279     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120000290     Document Type: Article

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