Currently active regions of decelerating-accelerating seismic strain in central Asia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Papazachos, B C ^a   Scordilis, E M ^a   Panagiotopoulos, D G ^a   Papazachos, C B ^a   Karakaisis, G F ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; MODELING; SEISMICITY;

ASIA; CENTRAL ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 37349045072     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004587     Document Type: Article

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