Active faulting in the north-eastern Aegean Sea Islands

Tectonophysics

Volumn 597-598, Issue , 2013, Pages 106-122

  Chatzipetros, A ^a   Kiratzi, A ^a   Sboras, S ^a,c   Zouros, N ^b   Pavlides, S ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active faults; Aegean sea; Earthquakes; Focal mechanism; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; STRESS RELIEF; TECTONICS;

ACTIVE FAULT; AEGEAN SEA; DEFORMATION PATTERN; FOCAL MECHANISM; GEOMETRICAL CHARACTERISTICS; GEOMETRICAL RELATIONSHIP; NORTH ANATOLIAN FAULT ZONE; STRESS PATTERNS;

FAULTING;

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT ZONE; FOCAL MECHANISM; FOOTWALL; SEAFLOOR; SEISMICITY; UPLIFT;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; AEGEAN SEA; CHIOS; GREECE; IKARIA; LEMNOS; LESBOS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTHERN AEGEAN;

EID: 84879188905     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.11.026     Document Type: Article

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