The April 2007 earthquake swarm near Lake Trichonis and implications for active tectonics in western Greece

Tectonophysics

Volumn 452, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 51-65

  Kiratzi, A ^a   Sokos, E ^b   Ganas, A ^c   Tselentis, A ^b   Benetatos, C ^a   Roumelioti, Z ^a   Serpetsidaki, A ^b   Andriopoulos, G ^b   Galanis, O ^a   Petrou, P ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Focal mechanisms; Lake Trichonis; Strike slip; Tectonics; Western Greece

Indexed keywords

DATA INVERSION; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; FOCAL MECHANISM; MOMENT TENSOR; NORMAL FAULT; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC SURVEY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONICS; TELESEISMIC WAVE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

AETOLIA AND ACARNANIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; LAKE TRICHONIS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN GREECE;

EID: 43849091146     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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