Static stress changes associated with normal faulting earthquakes in South Balkan area

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 911-924

  Papadimitriou, E ^a   Karakostas, V ^a   Tranos, M ^a   Ranguelov, Boyko ^b   Gospodinov, D ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Coulomb stress; Foreshock main shock triggering; Greece and Bulgaria

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; COULOMB CRITERION; DISLOCATION; EARTHQUAKE; FORESHOCK; GRABEN; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMIC HAZARD; STRESS CHANGE; STRESS FIELD;

ASIA; BALKAN; BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TURKMENISTAN; WEST ASIA;

EID: 34548780208     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-006-0139-x     Document Type: Article

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