Paleoseismicity of the Kaparelli fault (eastern Corinth Gulf): Evidence for earthquake recurrence and fault behavior

Bollettino della Societa Geologica Italiana

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 387-395

  Kokkalas, Sotirios ^a   Pavlides, Spyros ^b   Koukouvelas, Ioannis ^a   Ganas, Athanasios ^c   Stamatopoulos, Leonidas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Active fault; Colluvial deposits; Corinth Gulf; Pakoseismological dating; Recurrence interval; Trenching

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547842061     PISSN: 00378763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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