The 14 February 2008 earthquake (M6.7) sequence offshore south Peloponnese (Greece): Source models of the three strongest events

Tectonophysics

Volumn 471, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 272-284

  Roumelioti, Zafeiria ^a   Benetatos, Christoforos ^a   Kiratzi, Anastasia ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Focal mechanism; Hellenic arc; Peloponnese; Slip; Source time function

Indexed keywords

FOCAL MECHANISM; HELLENIC ARC; PELOPONNESE; SLIP; SOURCE TIME FUNCTION;

CAVITY RESONATORS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EARTHQUAKES; GREEN'S FUNCTION;

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS;

AFTERSHOCK; CONTINENTAL ARC; DATA INVERSION; DEFLECTION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOCAL MECHANISM; GREEN FUNCTION; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SEISMIC SOURCE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TELESEISMIC WAVE; THRUST FAULT; TRENCH; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; PELOPONNESE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67349232509     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.02.028     Document Type: Article

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