The MW = 6.3 2003 Lefkada earthquake (Greece) and induced stress transfer changes

Tectonophysics

Volumn 423, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 73-82

  Papadimitriou, P ^a   Kaviris, G ^a   Makropoulos, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Body wave modeling; Coulomb stress; Kefallinia transform fault; NW Greece; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; BODY WAVE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMICITY; SOURCE PARAMETERS; STRESS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TRANSFORM FAULT;

EID: 33747047197     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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