The January 2010 Efpalion earthquakes (Gulf of Corinth, Central Greece): Earthquake interactions and blind normal faulting

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 465-484

  Ganas, Athanassios ^a   Chousianitis, Kostas ^a   Batsi, Evaggelia ^a   Kolligri, Maria ^a   Agalos, Apostolos ^a   Chouliaras, Gerassimos ^a   Makropoulos, Kostas ^a  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Corinth; Earthquake interaction; GPS; Greece; HypoDD; Normal faulting

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT PLANE; FAULTING; GEODESY; GPS; NORMAL FAULT; SEISMOLOGY;

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

EID: 84875404404     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-012-9331-6     Document Type: Article

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