Post seismic relaxation processes in the Aegean-Anatolian system: Insights from space geodetic data (GPS) and geological/geophysical evidence

Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicata

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 23-36

  Cenni, N ^a   D'Onza, F ^a   Viti, M ^a   Mantovani, E ^a   Albarello, D ^a   Babbucci, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

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