The January 2010 Efpalio earthquake sequence in the western Corinth Gulf (Greece)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 530-531, Issue , 2012, Pages 299-309

  Sokos, E ^a   Zahradnik J ^b   Kiratzi, A ^c   Jansky J ^b   Gallovic F ^b   Novotny, O ^b   Kostelecky J ^d,e   Serpetsidaki, A ^a   Tselentis, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GEODESY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Corinth Gulf; Earthquake sequence; Focal mechanism; GPS; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER CENTERS; CORINTH GULF; DENSELY POPULATED REGIONS; EARTHQUAKE LOCATION; EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCE; EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCES; FAULT NETWORKS; FAULT PLANES; FAULT SYSTEM; FOCAL MECHANISM; GENERAL TRENDS; KEY ELEMENTS; MECHANICAL INTERACTIONS; REGIONAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SEISMICITY; SEISMOTECTONICS; TRANSFER FAULTS;

EARTHQUAKES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

FAULTING;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FAULT PLANE; MOMENT TENSOR; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONICS;

GREECE; GULF OF CORINTH; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84858283861     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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