Evaluation of active faulting and earthquake secondary effects in Lefkada Island, Ionian Sea, Greece: An overview

Natural Hazards

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 843-860

  Rondoyanni, Th ^a   Sakellariou, M ^a   Baskoutas, J ^b   Christodoulou, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Active faulting; Athani fault; Earthquake hazard; Lefkada earthquake; Neotectonic mapping

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; AFTERSHOCK; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; FAULTING; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; GREECE; IONIAN ISLANDS; LEFKADA;

EID: 84856473924     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-0080-6     Document Type: Article

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