Faulting and effects of earthquakes on Minoan archaeological sites in Crete (Greece)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 382, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 103-116

  Monaco, C ^a   Tortorici, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aegean arc; Archaeoseismology; Crete; Normal faulting; Quaternary; Seismicity; Seismotectonics

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; EARTHQUAKE; FAULTING; PALEOSEISMICITY; QUATERNARY; SEISMOTECTONICS;

CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 1942507416     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2003.12.006     Document Type: Article

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