The 2001 Mw = 6.4 Skyros earthquake, conjugate strike-slip faulting and spatial variation in stress within the central Aegean Sea

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-77

  Ganas, A ^a   Drakatos, G ^a   Pavlides, S B ^b   Stavrakakis, G N ^a   Ziazia, M ^a   Sokos, E ^a   Karastathis, V K ^a  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean; Conjugate fault; Focal mechanism; Stress tensor; Stress transfer; Strike slip

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRESS CHANGE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 11244268567     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2004.09.001     Document Type: Article

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