Crustal rheology of the Santorini-Amorgos zone: Implications for the nucleation depth and rupture extent of the 9 July 1956 Amorgos earthquake, southern Aegean

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 400-409

  Konstantinou, K I ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aegean; Amorgos; Greece; Lithosphere; Rheology; Strength

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; HEAT FLOW; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; RHEOLOGY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE;

AEGEAN SEA; AMORGOS; CYCLADAS; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SANTORIN; SOUTHERN AEGEAN;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 77957895858     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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