Western Hellenic subduction and Cephalonia Transform: Local earthquakes and plate transport and strain

Tectonophysics

Volumn 319, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 301-319

  Sachpazi, M ^a   Hirn, A ^b   Clement C ^b   Haslinger, F ^c   Laigle, M ^b   Kissling, E ^c   Charvis, P ^d   Hello, Y ^d   Lepine J C ^b   Sapin, M ^b   Ansorge, J ^c  

^a Remote Sensing   (Greece)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Cephalonia Transform Fault; Local earthquakes; Plate transport

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; FOCAL MECHANISM; PLATE MOTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

GREECE;

EID: 6744221219     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00300-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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