Scaling properties within the Gulf of Corinth, Greece; comparison between offshore and onshore active faults

Tectonophysics

Volumn 453, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 193-210

  Zygouri, V ^a   Verroios, S ^a   Kokkalas, S ^a   Xypolias, P ^a   Koukouvelas, I K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bi fractal; Fault evolution; Fault length; Segmentation; Throw

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA SET; DEFORMATION; FAULTING; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GRABEN; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMICITY;

GULF OF CORINTH; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 44649140581     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.06.011     Document Type: Article

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