Fault complexity associated with the 14 August 2003 Mw6.2 Lefkada, Greece, aftershock sequence

Acta Geophysica

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 838-854

  Karakostas, Vassilios G ^a   Papadimitriou, Eleftheria E ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

14 August 2003 lefkada earthquake; Aftershock sequence; Complex faulting; Lefkada island (Greece)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED AREAS; AFTERSHOCK SEQUENCE; CROSS SECTION; EARTHQUAKE AFTERSHOCKS; FAULT PLANE SOLUTIONS; FOCAL MECHANISM; MAIN SHOCK; NARROW BANDS; SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL CLUSTER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRESS PATTERNS; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING;

DAMAGE DETECTION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FAULT PLANE; FAULTING; FOCAL MECHANISM; SEISMIC HAZARD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

GREECE; IONIAN ISLANDS; LEFKADA;

EID: 77954213387     PISSN: 18956572     EISSN: 18957455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11600-010-0009-6     Document Type: Article

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