Distributed power-law seismicity changes and crustal deformation in the SW Hellenic ARC

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 179-195

  Tzanis, A ^a   Vallianatos, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; POWER LAW; SEISMICITY;

HELLENIC ARC; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 1642378092     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-3-179-2003     Document Type: Article

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