Finite-fault slip models for the 15 April 1979 (Mw 7.1) Montenegro earthquake and its strongest aftershock of 24 May 1979 (Mw 6.2)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 421, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 129-143

  Benetatos, Christoforos ^a   Kiratzi, Anastasia ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Earthquake mechanics; Earthquake source; Finite fault; Montenegro; Slip distribution

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT SLIP; FOCAL MECHANISM; GROUND MOTION; THRUST; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MONTENEGRO; SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745629349     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.04.009     Document Type: Article

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