The 8 June 2008 Mw 6.4 earthquake in northwest Peloponnese, western Greece: A case of fault reactivation in an overpressured lower crust?

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 438-445

  Konstantinou, K I ^a   Evangelidis, C P ^b   Melis, N S ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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EID: 79251638005     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120100074     Document Type: Note

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