The 2001 Skyros, Northern Aegean, Greece, earthquake sequence: Off - fault aftershocks, tectonic implications, and seismicity triggering

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 12-1-12-4

  Karakostas, V G ^a   Papadimitriou, E E ^a   Karakaisis, G F ^a   Papazachos, C B ^a   Scordilis, E M ^a   Vargemezis, G ^a   Aidona, E ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; SEISMIC WAVES; STRESS ANALYSIS;

AFTERSHOCK ACTIVITY;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FORESHOCK; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

AEGEAN SEA; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SKYROS; SPORADES;

EID: 0037493739     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015814     Document Type: Article

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