GPS-derived coseismic displacements associated with the 2001 Skyros and 2003 Lefkada earthquakes in Greece

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 149-161

  Hollenstein, Ch ^a   Muller M D ^a   Geiger, A ^a   Kahle, H G ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; SEISMIC RESPONSE; TECTONICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

COSEISMIC DISPLACEMENTS; SEISMOTECTONIC ACTIVITY;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; GPS; REMOTE SENSING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 40549129740     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120060259     Document Type: Article

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