The reliability of reported depths of some earthquake sequences in Northwestern Greece (Epirus and Corfu Island) and the geodynamic situation of the area

Annali di Geofisica

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1125-1132

  Muço, Betim ^a  

^a Seismological Institute Academy of Sciences of Albania   (Albania)

Author keywords

Earthquake sequence; Focal depth; Focal mechanism solution; Hypocenter determination; Microseismicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346290373     PISSN: 03652556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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