Seismicity at the convergent plate boundary offshore Crete, Greece, observed by an amphibian network

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 369-392

  Becker, D ^a   Meier, T ^b   Bohnhoff, M ^c   Harjes, H P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibian seismic network; Crete; Forearc sliver; Hellenic subduction zone; Microseismicity; Return flow

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONVERGENT MARGIN; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FOREARC BASIN; GRABEN; LOWER CRUST; MICROEARTHQUAKE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMICITY; SEISMOGRAPH; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; TRANSTENSION; TRENCH;

CRETE; GREECE;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 77952886960     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-009-9170-2     Document Type: Article

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