Seismicity patterns before strong earthquakes in Greece

Acta Geophysica

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 367-386

  Karakostas, Vassilis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Preparatory static stress field; Seismicity rates; Strong earthquakes in Greece

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RATES; FOCAL MECHANISMS; MAIN SHOCKS; PRE STRESS; PREPARATORY STATIC STRESS FIELD; SEISMIC ACTIVITIES; SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENTS; SEISMICITY PATTERNS; SEISMICITY RATES; SHALLOW EARTHQUAKES; SHARP INCREASE; SLIP MODELS; SLIP PROPERTIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS; STRESS FIELDS; STRESS LEVELS; STRESS PATTERNS; STRONG EARTHQUAKES IN GREECE;

RISK ASSESSMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRESSES;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FAULT; FAULT GEOMETRY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMICITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRESS FIELD; STRONG MOTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 63649084357     PISSN: 18956572     EISSN: 18957455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11600-009-0004-y     Document Type: Article

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