The Kefalonia Transform Zone (offshore Western Greece) with special emphasis to its prolongation towards the Ionian Abyssal Plain

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 241-252

  Kokinou, E ^a   Papadimitriou, E ^a   Karakostas, V ^a   Kamberis, E ^b   Vallianatos, F ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Hellenic Petroleum   (Greece)

^c TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Ionian Islands; Kefalonia Transform Zone; Reflection profiling

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; EARTHQUAKES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

REFLECTION PROFILING; REGIONAL STRESS FIELD; SEISMICITY; STRIKE-SLIP MOTION;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; FAULT PLANE; OCEANIC CRUST; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMICITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; GULF OF PATRAS; IONIAN ISLANDS; IONIAN SEA; LEFKADA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33751064403     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-006-9005-2     Document Type: Article

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