Moho topography under central Greece and its compensation by Pn time-terms for the accurate location of hypocenters: The example of the Gulf of Corinth 1995 Aigion earthquake

Tectonophysics

Volumn 440, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 53-65

  Sachpazi, M ^a   Galve A ^b   Laigle, M ^b   Hirn, A ^b   Sokos, E ^c   Serpetsidaki, A ^c   Marthelot, J M ^d   Pi Alperin, J M ^d   Zelt, B ^e   Taylor, B ^e  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^d UMR 7063   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Greece; Moho topography; Pn time terms

Indexed keywords

DATA INVERSION; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; MOHO; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TRAVEL TIME;

CENTRAL GREECE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; GULF OF CORINTH; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34447523564     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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