The 1995 Kozani-Grevena (northern Greece) earthquake revisited: An improved faulting model from synthetic aperture radar interferometry

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 727-736

  Rigo, Alexis ^a   de Chabalier, Jean Bernard ^a   Meyer, Bertrand ^a   Armijo, Rolando ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Fault models; Inversion; Normal faulting; Satellite geodesy; Seismotectonics

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; INTERFEROMETRY; RADAR IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; SEISMOTECTONICS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; GREVENA; KOZANI; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN MACEDONIA;

EID: 2542557431     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02220.x     Document Type: Article

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