Geodetic constraints to the kinematics of the Kapareli fault, reactivated during the 1981, Gulf of Corinth earthquakes

Tectonophysics

Volumn 440, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 105-119

  Stiros, S C ^a   Psimoulis, P ^a   Pitharouli, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

1981; Accuracy; Alkyonides; Blind fault; Earthquakes; Elastic dislocation; Geodetic; Gulf of Corinth; Kapareli; Levelling; Noise; Normal faulting; Perachora; Segment; Subsidence; Trend surface analysis; Triangulation; Uplift

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; FAULTING; GEODESY; KINEMATICS; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMOTECTONICS; TRIANGULATION;

EID: 34447559674     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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