Surface deformation during the Mw 6.4 (8 June 2008) Movri Mountain earthquake in the Peloponnese, and its implications for the seismotectonics of western Greece

International Geology Review

Volumn 52, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 249-268

  Koukouvelas, Ioannis K ^a   Kokkalas, Sotirios ^a   Xypolias, Paraskevas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Blind fault; Diffuse deformation; Hellenic arc; Strike slip fault; Surface ruptures

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; ESCARPMENT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; RUPTURE; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

GREECE; GULF OF CORINTH; HELLENIC ARC; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PELOPONNESE;

EID: 76449106373     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206810802674329     Document Type: Article

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