A source study of the 6 July 2003 (Mw 5.7) earthquake sequence in the Gulf of Saros (Northern Aegean Sea): Seismological evidence for the western continuation of the Ganos fault

Tectonophysics

Volumn 412, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 195-216

  Karabulut, Hayrullah ^a   Roumelioti, Zafeiria ^b   Benetatos, Christoforos ^b   Mutlu, Ahu Kömec ^a   Özalaybey, Serdar ^c   Aktar, Mustafa ^a   Kiratzi, Anastasia ^b  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF TURKEY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Focal mechanisms; Ganos earthquake; Saros Gulf; Slip distribution

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

AEGEAN SEA; GULF OF SAROS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 30344440797     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.09.009     Document Type: Article

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