Seismotectonics of the Cyprian Arc

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 176-181

  Wdowinski, Shimon ^a,b   Ben Avraham, Zvi ^a   Arvidsson, Ronald ^c   Ekström, Goran ^d  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Mediterranean; Platemotion; Seismicity; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; TECTONIC SETTING;

CYPRIA; NUBIAN;

EID: 33646001129     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02737.x     Document Type: Article

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