Palaeoseismic data and their implication for active deformation in Greece

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 170-188

  Chatzipetros, A ^a   Kokkalas, S ^b   Pavlides, S ^a   Koukouvelas, I ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Palaeoseismology; Raidocarbon dating; Recurrencce interval; Slip rate

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT SLIP; PALEOSEISMICITY; SLIP RATE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 27944477268     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2005.07.005     Document Type: Article

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