Static stress changes due to the 1998 and 2004 Krn Mountain (Slovenia) earthquakes and implications for future seismicity

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-66

  Ganas, A ^a   Gosar, A ^b   Drakatos, G ^a  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULT; MOUNTAIN; SEISMICITY; STATIC RESPONSE; STRESS; STRESS FIELD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; KRN; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 39449133431     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-8-59-2008     Document Type: Article

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