Multiseismic cycle deformation rates from Holocene normal fault scarps on Crete (Greece)

Terra Nova

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 181-190

  Caputo, R ^a   Monaco, C ^b   Tortorici, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCARPMENT; FAULT SCARP; HOLOCENE; NORMAL FAULT; PALEOSEISMICITY; SLIP RATE;

CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33744824418     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2006.00678.x     Document Type: Article

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