Recognition of past earthquakes along the Sparta fault (Peloponnesus, southern Greece) during the Holocene, by combining results of different dating techniques

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 189-199

  Papanastassiou, D ^a   Gaki Papanastassiou, K ^b   Maroukian, H ^b  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dating techniques; Holocene; Morphotectonics; Palaeoearthquakes; Sparta fault

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; FAULT ZONE; HOLOCENE; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOSEISMICITY;

EID: 27944440930     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2005.07.015     Document Type: Article

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