Quick fault-plane identification by a geometrical method: Application to the Mw 6.2 Leonidio Earthquake, 6 January 2008, Greece

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 653-662

  Zahradnik, J ^a   Gallovic, F ^a   Sokos, E ^b   Serpetsidaki, A ^b   Tselentis, A ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

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EID: 54049150871     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.79.5.653     Document Type: Article

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