Local seismic array observations at north Evoikos, central Greece, delineate crustal deformation between the North Aegean Trough and Corinthiakos Rift

Tectonophysics

Volumn 423, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 97-106

  Papoulia, J ^a   Makris, J ^b   Drakopoulou, V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b GeoPro GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central Greece; Crustal deformation; Evoikos Gulf; Local seismic arrays

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY; SEISMICITY; STRESS FIELD; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANO;

AEGEAN SEA; CENTRAL GREECE; EURASIA; EUROPE; EVOIKOS GULF; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33747024087     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.03.021     Document Type: Article

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