Deformation patterns associated with the M5.9 Athens (Greece) earthquake of 7 September 1999

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 381-394

  Papadopoulos, Gerassimos A ^a   Matsumoto, Hiroyuki ^b   Ganas,, Athanassios ^a   Karastathis, Vassilis ^a   Pavlides, Spyros ^c  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Athens earthquake; Ground deformation; Macroseismic field; Normal faulting; Numerical simulation; SAR interferometry

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; INTERFEROMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 4344658258     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOSE.0000038453.30450.d2     Document Type: Article

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