Current accelerating seismic excitation along the northern boundary of the Aegean microplate

Tectonophysics

Volumn 383, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 81-89

  Karakaisis, G F ^a   Papazachos, C B ^a   Scordilis, E M ^a   Papazachos, B C ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Accelerating seismic deformation; Aegean; Earthquake prediction

Indexed keywords

NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMOTECTONICS; TECTONOPHYSICS;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 2342573712     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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