Geometry and slip rate of the Aigion fault, a young normal fault system in the western Gulf of Corinth

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 355-358

  McNeill, L C ^a   Cotterill, C J ^a,c   Bull, J M ^a   Henstock, T J ^a   Bell, R ^a   Stefatos, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continental rifting; Corinth rift; Fault development; Normal faults

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL RIFTING; CORINTH RIFT; FAULT DEVELOPMENT; NORTHWARD FAULT MIGRATION;

EARTHQUAKES; GEOMETRY; GEOPHYSICS; GREECE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL ARC; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT GEOMETRY; NORMAL FAULT; RIFTING; SLIP RATE;

GULF OF CORINTH; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 34147165094     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23281A.1     Document Type: Article

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