The Mw 6.4 SW-achaia (Western Greece) earthquake of 8 june 2008: Seismological, field, GPS observations, and stress modeling

Journal of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1101-1124

  Ganas, A ^a   Serpelloni, E ^b   Drakatos, G ^a   Kolligri, M ^a   Adamis, I ^a   Tsimi, Ch ^a   Batsi, E ^a  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active Tectonics; Coulomb Stress; GPS; HypoDD; Seismicity; Strike Slip; Western Greece

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TECTONICS; COULOMB STRESS; GPS; HYPODD; SEISMICITY; STRIKE-SLIP; WESTERN GREECE;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; ROCK BURSTS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 70449133922     PISSN: 13632469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632460902933899     Document Type: Article

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