Regional centroid moment tensor solutions in Cyprus from 1977 to the present and seismotectonic implications

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-167

  Imprescia, P ^a   Pondrelli, S ^b   Vannucci, G ^b   Gresta, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cyprus area; Focal mechanisms; Moment tensor; Seismic datasets; Seismotectonics

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DATABASE; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FOCAL MECHANISM; GEODYNAMICS; MOMENT TENSOR; SEISMICITY; SEISMOGRAM; SEISMOTECTONICS; TRANSITION ZONE;

CYPRUS;

EID: 84858151425     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-011-9254-7     Document Type: Article

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