The alignment of Earthquake T-Axes with the principal axes of geodetic strain in the Aegean region

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-53

  England, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aegean region; Earthquake; Geodetic strain; T axes

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; EXTENSION; FOCAL MECHANISM; GEODETIC NETWORK; ORIENTATION; STRAIN;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; AEGEAN SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 0345832023     PISSN: 13000985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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